shellfisher

Definitions

Synonym of shellfisherman.

Examples

“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.”

“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 free rider, relying on others to pay⟳ for the warm water.”

“If Nautilus of Greek mythology had been a shellfisher, it would be clear how the exercise equipment got its name⟳.”

“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.”

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