单词 | halfdealsman |
释义 | halfdealsmann.α. 1800s– halfdealman. β. 1800s– halfdealsman, 1900s– halfdailsman, 1900s– halfdalesman. Scottish (chiefly Fife). Now historical. A member of the crew of a fishing boat who takes half of one share of the profits received from the catch. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > profit-sharing shareman1687 sharesman1829 share fisherman1835 1832 Fife Herald 30 Aug. 103/2 It is customary..for many of the skippers to furnish their boats with nets, and every other necessary accompaniment for the fishing; hiring at the same time a number of assistants, whose only risk, besides those more immediately of a personal nature, is that of losing their labour, and who go under the title of half-deal-men. 1914 Session Cases 829 Fishermen change from one category to another, being on one voyage share fishermen or half dealsmen as they are called, on another voyage net men. 2000 D. Omand Fife Bk. xvi. 176 During this period, as well as the full-time majority, the numbers of fishermen included ‘half-dealsmen’, who helped crew the boats at the main herring seasons. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1832 |
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