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Trawler   /trˈɔlər/   Listen
Trawler

noun
1.
A fisherman who use a trawl net.
2.
A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.  Synonym: dragger.





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"Trawler" Quotes from Famous Books



... use after all. Charlie Page—for that was the lad's name—was not going to a fancy-dress ball, but had purchased his fisherman's outfit because, on the following morning, he was to begin work as a deck hand on board the steam trawler, Sparrow-hawk. ...
— Chatterbox, 1905. • Various


Words linked to "Trawler" :   fishing boat, fisher, dragger, fishing smack, fisherman, fishing vessel


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