DCHP-3

ice-scoop

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a device for scooping ice fragments from fishing holes to keep them from freezing over.

Quotations

1948
Each hunter sets out armed with traps, an ice chisel, and an ice scoop. The scoop is usually a piece of barrel iron hammered to the shape of a spoon, and is indeed often known by that name.