noodle
v.— «For the fishermen, they can whet their fishing appetites watching Frank Davis and son, Jon, catching large catfish and noodling for turtles.» —“Ohio Scene: There’s More Hunting” by Hank Kozloski News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) Jan. 14, 1968. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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