Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where salmon-fishing is regularly or systematically carried on.
- noun Salmon-fishing.
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Examples
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The time, however, had not yet quite arrived when the salmon-fishery commenced; and a few days devoted to Christiania would not debar us from any amusement attached to the long-desired sport.
A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross
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The salmon-fishery at the Larsalf next engaged our traveller's attention.
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous
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As old as she is, she still carries home the great sacks of flour -- a hundred pounds -- on her back, superintends the salmon-fishery for the family, takes care of the _tenas men_ (children), and looks after affairs in general.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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The salmon-fishery and fish-curing are important branches of its trade; and it has also breweries and flour-mills and manufactures snuff and coarse linen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The salmon-fishery at the Larsalf next engaged our traveller's attention.
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer Anonymous 1879
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Before starting they went a little way up the Sand river, to view one of the grand Norwegian waterfalls, and also to see how the salmon-fishery is conducted.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley Yeardley, John, 1786-1858 1860
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Jub, suckers, trout, and white-fish, are caught in the lakes; and in the month of October, towards the close of the salmon-fishery, we catch trout of a most exquisite flavour.
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An extensive salmon-fishery is carried on at a large river called the
Hudson Bay 1859
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It is a small place, with some trade, but the Indians complain sadly that the mills and encroachments of the Whites have destroyed their salmon-fishery, which was their chief resource.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 Richard Henry Bonnycastle 1819
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Notwithstanding this abundance of flat-fish, cod, and herring, it is on the salmon-fishery alone that the Kamtschadales depend for their winter provisions.
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