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shellfisher

shellfisher noun: synonym of shellfisherman.

Noun

shellfisher (plural shellfishers)

  1. Synonym of shellfisherman.
    • The shellfisher's object is to intercept these and drag them back in his net before a new breaker scatters them up the beach again.1927, Madras Fisheries Bulletin - Volume 18, page 73
    • Each shellfisher benefits from the hot water whether he or she pays or not. Thus if other shellfishers pay for the hot water, there is no need for an individual shellfisher to do so. Once the temperature of the river is up for one shellfisher, it has increased for all. Anyone of them can act as a...1981, Donald Stevenson Watson, Malcolm Getz, Price Theory and Its Uses, page 311
    Synonyms:
    shellfisherman

Examples of shellfisher in a sentence

  • Each shellfisher benefits from the hot water whether he or she pays or not.1981, Donald Stevenson Watson, Malcolm Getz, Price Theory and Its Uses, page 311:
  • If Nautilus of Greek mythology had been a shellfisher, it would be clear how the exercise equipment got its name.2002, Coast Watch, page 20:
  • After the tour I lingered on, and Jim and I talked a bit there by the waterway about the vagaries of being a shellfisher in the modern age.2007, Bland Simpson, The Inner Islands: A Carolinian's Sound Country Chronicle, →ISBN:

Synonyms of shellfisher

Forms of shellfisher

pluralshellfishers

Origin of shellfisher

From shellfish + -er.

Questions about shellfisher

What does shellfisher mean?
Shellfisher means synonym of shellfisherman.
How do you use shellfisher in a sentence?
Each shellfisher benefits from the hot water whether he or she pays or not.
What part of speech is shellfisher?
Shellfisher is a noun.
What is the plural of shellfisher?
The plural of shellfisher is shellfishers.

Words near shellfisher in the dictionary

  1. Shelleyana
  2. Shelleyesque
  3. shellfire
  4. shellfires
  5. shellfish
  6. shellfisher
  7. shellfisheries
  8. shellfisherman
  9. shellfishermen
  10. shellfishers
  11. shellfishery

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