marlin

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

Last night Aaron Marlin died. — In Our Town, William Allen White
One of the rifles was a Marlin saddle carbine, model 336 and the other was a Winchester African rifle with a .458 bore. — The Sex Life of the Gods, M. E. (Michael E.) Knerr
In a corner of the sitting-room, leaning up against the back wall, stood my Marlin rifle, with ten cartridges in the magazine and one lying snugly in the greased breech. — The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, Algernon Blackwood

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