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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a fisherman in the dry fishery or shore fishery.
See: dry fishery
Quotations
1771
We got one raft on shore there, and I fixed on the place for the stage, flakes, and the shoremen's house.
1832
. . . the crews . . . collect together, with all assistance from the shoremen, and . . . fix on two lines far enough apart to allow their largest schooners to pass
1958
With . . . shoremen bringing in record catches for this time of year, the Burin plant is taxed to capacity.
1964
Shoreman. A fishing establishment employing about twelve or more producers would divide them into a fishing crew and a smaller shore crew, the latter remaining [at] the "room" to "put away" (split and salt).