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shoreman

shoreman noun: a person employed to spread cod on the beach to dry, and to prepare it for curing.

Noun

shoreman (plural shoremen)

  1. (Newfoundland) A person employed to spread cod on the beach to dry, and to prepare it for curing.

Forms of shoreman

pluralshoremen
alternative formshoresman

Origin of shoreman

shore + -man

Questions about shoreman

What does shoreman mean?
Shoreman means a person employed to spread cod on the beach to dry, and to prepare it for curing.
What part of speech is shoreman?
Shoreman is a noun.
What is the plural of shoreman?
The plural of shoreman is shoremen.

Words near shoreman in the dictionary

  1. shoreline
  2. shorelined
  3. shorelines
  4. shoreling
  5. shorelings
  6. shoreman
  7. shoremen
  8. shorepound
  9. shorepounds
  10. shorepower
  11. shorer

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