Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gatherer of cods or peas; especially, a woman who gathers peas for the London market.
  • noun A person engaged in fishing for cod; a vessel used in fishing for cod.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Obs. or Prov. A gatherer of cods or peas.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A gatherer of cods or peas.
  • noun obsolete, late 16th century A saddler or leatherworker.

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Examples

  • Cape codder, you would know better than me, Ive only been there once in a decade, and then only off season.

    Striped Bass Are Gamefish 2010

  • Cape codder, you would know better than me, Ive only been there once in a decade, and then only off season.

    Striped Bass Are Gamefish 2010

  • Harvey Wallbangers and cranberries cape codder, cosmos.

    The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005

  • Harvey Wallbangers and cranberries cape codder, cosmos.

    The Swell Dressed Party Cynthia Rowley 2005

  • That five thousand dollar codder up there seemed like own folks, pretty nigh.

    Cap'n Warren's Wards Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

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