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  • noun Plural form of fisherperson.

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Examples

  • It doesn't matter to me if we ever catch a fish -- for we are both hopelessly inept fisherpersons who end up laughing like hell while the fish throw the hooks, evade us, and generally kick our collective ass.

    Next Chapters 2009

  • It doesn't matter to me if we ever catch a fish -- for we are both hopelessly inept fisherpersons who end up laughing like hell while the fish throw the hooks, evade us, and generally kick our collective ass.

    Next Chapters 2009

  • A small girl in red brushed Ono's leg as she dashed about breathlessly checking the big plastic paint buckets that most of the fisherpersons used to hold their catch.

    What Could It Mean? Alex Austin 2011

  • By asking direct questions, we separate the fisherpersons from the bait cutters.

    Hot Prospects Bill Good 2008

  • By asking direct questions, we separate the fisherpersons from the bait cutters.

    Hot Prospects Bill Good 2008

  • The clientele consists mostly of wealthy salmon fisherpersons on their way to the interior to spend $1,000 a day to stand in 35° water up to their groins.

    One of Our Whales Is Missing 2005

  • The clientele consists mostly of wealthy salmon fisherpersons on their way to the interior to spend $1,000 a day to stand in 35° water up to their groins.

    One of Our Whales Is Missing 2005

  • I don't know what band it was, I'm not a ham, but when we were in Melaque the snowbird fishermen (fisherpersons? some were women) that spend the winter there with their boats had base stations in their RVs and mobile units on the boats and they were all on a kind of party line, chatting back and forth and keeping track of where the boats were and where the fish weren't.

    Using FRS (family relay service) 2004

  • I have heard that some of the fisherpersons contracted by BP to clean up the spill have suffered severe health consequences, including rectal bleeding.

    OlyBlog - 'We Are the Media' 2010

  • For the younger fisherpersons out there, get to bed early tonight so you can be bright-eyed for the JPS Fishing Rodeo that kicks off at 7: 30 a.m. Saturday.

    Jackson Free Press - Breaking News 2010

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