DCHP-3

banker

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a vessel engaged in fishing on the Banks.

See: Banks

Quotations

1777
From the boats-master I was informed, that the Americans had taken His Majesty's frigate Fox and several bankers upon the banks of Newfoundland.
1960
New vessels--craft of fifty tons or less, and less than half the size of latter-day bankers--were soon carrying Lunenburgers to the offshore banks.
2n.

a man engaged in fishing on the Banks.

See: Banks

Quotations

1907
The fishermen of all lands have to encounter the perils of the deep, but none have to face the risks that the "bankers" do.
1958
A Banker's life is hard and dangerous but it's much freer than life on the square-riggers where a man's very soul can be at the mercy of a bullying mate.