DCHP-3

fish-packer

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a comparatively large boat that collects the fish caught by smaller fishing boats and packs them in ice for taking to cannery or market.

Quotations

1954
A big fish-packer was moving slowly toward the head of the bay and more men came from the office to watch it.
1959
He'll be an ordained minister and no longer a fisherman. But he intends to keep his fish packer.