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n. - A wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish.

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  • The diftincHou teems hardly necefiarv, fince the term creel or up - right is taken fo loofely.
  • REGULATIONS: The daily creel is four trout under 12 inches, although guide services are typically catch-and-release only.
  • A creel is the woven basket a fisherman keeps his catch in, but I can't see how that could enter into the equation.
  • "creel," and in her hands another basket containing cooked prawns, lobsters or other temptation to the gourmand.
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