Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person employed in fishing for cod.
- noun A vessel used in this business.
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Examples
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Take for instance the salmon fisher of Norway, the whaler of Dundee, the herring-fisher of Yarmouth, the cod-fisher of
Civics: as Applied Sociology Patrick Geddes 1893
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"This is the kind of sport they have on a cod-fisher every day, I suppose," said Raed.
Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887
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Has been on a cod-fisher up to the Banks; also on a sealer off Labrador.
Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887
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