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fish⋅gig

  [fish-gig]
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–noun
a spearlike implement with barbed prongs for spearing fish in the water.
Also called fizgig.

Origin:
1635–45; alter. (by assoc. with fish ) of fizgig, prob. by folk etym. < Sp fisga harpoon
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fish·gig   (fĭsh'gĭg')   
n.  A pronged instrument for spearing fish.

[Alteration (influenced by fish) of obsolete fisgig, from Spanish fisga, ultimately from Latin fīxus, fixed; see fix.]
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