blank n
   1 An unsuccessful fishing season.
   1901 Christmas Review 2 The fishery of the summer '75 is recorded as an exceptionally good one; big trips and no blanks was the universal rule. 1916 GRENFELL 6 The trouble with this particular Christmas was that it came after such a 'total blank' in our fisheries. P 148-76 The salmon fishery was a real blank [this year].
   2 Phr make a blank: to catch no fish or seals.
   1924 ENGLAND 80 'An' if they make a blank, I'll be blamed,' the Old Man complained.

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