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1861 E. A. Beaufort II. 334 The sponge-gathering is a very lucrative business.
1875 E. H. Knight III. 2286/1 On the Barbary coast sponge-fishing is..actively prosecuted.
1885 J. E. Taylor i. 16 Fossil sponge-hunting.
1885 J. E. Taylor i. 23 Sponge-bearing chalk-flints.
1887 XXII. 428/2 The method of sponge-farming.