Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who catches crabs; a crab-catcher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who catches crabs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who catches
crabs - noun nautical A
boat used for catching crabs
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Examples
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As for Joe Palmer, Travelstead said, "He's the kind of crabber we like."
SFGate: Top News Stories By STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press Writer 2009
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In late October Noah's mother Lorrie who is a crabber, heard an airplane flying very low over their house.
Jerry Cope: Spill Commission Concludes Dispersants Are an Acceptable 'Tradeoff' Jerry Cope 2011
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Who gets the king crabs, the local family with their single 4 foot pot that they pull by hand from 300 feet down or the crabber from Seattle with his huge pots and hydraulic pullers on a 100+ foot boat.
Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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In late October Noah's mother Lorrie who is a crabber, heard an airplane flying very low over their house.
Jerry Cope: Spill Commission Concludes Dispersants Are an Acceptable 'Tradeoff' Jerry Cope 2011
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Nick Barone, another crabber seeking just-in-time work, said he pulled in $25,000 in 10 weeks, a boon for the 23-year-old local.
Crabs Claw Way to Boom Joel Millman 2011
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Since we switched to catch shares, one commercial crabber has died in the fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Making 'The Deadliest Catch' Less Deadly Scott Campbell Jr. 2011
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In the town of Golden Meadow, along Bayou Lafourche, crabber Thomas Barrios said he felt "devastated" and "helpless."
BP installs insertion tube, begins siphoning oil from leaking pipe 2010
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In the town of Golden Meadow, along Bayou Lafourche, crabber Thomas Barrios said he felt "devastated" and "helpless."
BP installs insertion tube, begins siphoning oil from leaking pipe 2010
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In the town of Golden Meadow, along Bayou Lafourche, crabber Thomas Barrios said he felt "devastated" and "helpless."
BP installs insertion tube, begins siphoning oil from leaking pipe 2010
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Phil Harris, a lavishly tattooed, chain-smoking, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, veteran crabber with a big heart, suffered a stroke aboard the Cornelia Marie while in port.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships: The Death of Capt. Phil Harris 2010
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