throater

Maritimes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1950 quote.

See: cut throat(def. 1)

Quotations

1923

He had learned the fisherman's strenuous trade, as "flunkey," "trouter" [throater], "header". . . .

1950

Boys of ten began as throaters, and then became headers, cutting the particular parts of the fish so designated.

1952

In addition to the dory-men, each vessel carries a captain, salter, throater, header and cook, a total complement of nineteen to twenty-five men.