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shareman
Esp. Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a man shipping as a fisherman or sealer for a share of the catch, providing his own provisions and receiving no wages.
See: berth money
Quotations
1820
. . . sharemen are frequently indigent planters who have fallen into debt with their merchant and who cannot afford to raise their own boats.
1964
. . . sharemen were . . . sometimes chargeable with a part of certain items usually the burden of the company planters, e.g., salt, motor boat, fuel, etc. . . .