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Examples
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"Parkette" by Bob Snider: "There was no ball playing and no crayfishing/And they called it a parkette after a politician."
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Both were afraid of guns, so did not go out on the expeditions which supplied the dinner-table; and old Anne would not allow them to join the crayfishing excursions.
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An elderly Kommetjie, Cape Town skipper drowned while his fishing crew, unable to swim, watched helplessly when their small ski boat capsized in rough swells while they were crayfishing off
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About daylight we stretched our cramped limbs, extricated one leg from between the wool bales, and found that the steamer was just crayfishing away from a mud island, where she had tied up for more wool.
Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson 1894
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He had gone out crayfishing the previous night, and should have returned long before daylight, but his absence was not noticed until Barry called to his men to turn to and man the boats for the day's work.
Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884
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How did Warner know that the man had been out crayfishing when not a word had been said about it?
Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884
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Aline's manuscript went crayfishing in Elysian Fields street canal, always taking the dolls along, "so not to leave them lonesome"; how the dolls had visibly enjoyed the capture of each crayfish; and how she and
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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He and Ethel bought a beach house south of Perth and spent the next 10 years crayfishing, relishing the peaceful moments at the end of their days when they would have tea aboard their boat.
Thestar.com - Home Page Associated Press 2011
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Mr Morris said they arrived on the island in calm conditions and decided to go crayfishing.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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Two search and rescue boats, two crayfishing boats and surf life saving jetskis were in the water while two aircraft were in the air.
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