单词 | cod fisher |
释义 | > as lemmascod fisher cod fisher n. a vessel used in fishing for cod; (also) a person who fishes for cod. ΚΠ 1706 W. Wright Comical Hist. Marriage-union Fergusia & Heptarchus 23 I'll be a Harbour for Herring and Cod-Fishers, to come in and mend their Nets. 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Cod-fisher, name of a vessel employed to cure cod; also the men appointed for that service. 1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 570 My old acquaintance, the sturdy cod-fisher Billings of Eastport, offered his services, and soon guided us into port. 1908 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 19 May 4/1 The skipper of the cod fisher actually ran fifty miles out of his course to land them at the Grand Bank, Newfoundland. 2003 C. T. Palmer in R. Byron Retrenchment & Regeneration Rural Newfoundland ii. 54 Some northern cod fishers were enjoying record catches. < as lemmas |
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