shrimpern.
/ˈʃrɪmpə/, U.S. /ˈʃrɪmpər/ One who catches shrimps; also, a vessel engaged in shrimping.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for prawns or shrimps
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prawner1860
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans
oyster boat1419
whelk-boat1419
dredger1600
lobster-boat1777
oyster scow1824
oysterer1828
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Morecambe Bay shrimper1874
crabber1883
skillinger1933
Morecambe Bay prawner1935
1851 W. Collins Rambles beyond Railways (1852) ii. 14 We..found ourselves in a small room, filled with shrimpers, sailors.
1864 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. A shrimper stranded.
1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 34 Has she wedded some gigantic shrimper, That sweet mite with whom I loved to play?
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 265/1 Leigh is the head~quarters of the Thames shrimpers.
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