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trinkerman

trinkerman noun: a fisherman who uses trinks.

Noun

trinkerman (plural trinkermen)

  1. (archaic) A fisherman who uses trinks.
    • No Trinkerman shall stand for smelts till the 21st day of October yearly and so to continue until Good Friday following. No trinks shall stand to fish for whitings till Ember week before Michaelmas yearly.1873, Great Britain. Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries (England and Wales), Annual Report, page 26
    • There were several different classes of fishermen, as ' trinkermen,' who used trinks or nets attached to posts or anchors for taking fish, and petermen, who used a broom in fishing, ' beating the bush.'1904, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, The Story of London, page 100

Forms of trinkerman

pluraltrinkermen

Origin of trinkerman

From trink + -er + -man.

Questions about trinkerman

What does trinkerman mean?
Trinkerman means a fisherman who uses trinks.
What part of speech is trinkerman?
Trinkerman is a noun.
What is the plural of trinkerman?
The plural of trinkerman is trinkermen.

Words near trinkerman in the dictionary

  1. trinityhood
  2. Trinitytide
  3. triniunity
  4. trink
  5. trinkeries
  6. trinkerman
  7. trinkermen
  8. trinkery
  9. trinket
  10. trinketed
  11. trinketer

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