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n.
in ice-fishing, a device for supporting a line and indicating when a fish is hooked, as a pole balanced on a fulcrum so that one end, which often has a flag attached, is raised upright when a fish pulls on the line.
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1923
Fishing through the ice . . . With the aid of what they call "tip-upses" several lines can be used simultaneously.
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