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skillinger East Anglian local.|ˈskɪlɪŋgə(r)|
[f. corruption of Terschelling, the name of one of the West Frisian Islands in north-western Netherlands + -er1.]
An East Anglian oyster smack operating off the north-western coast of Holland (see quots.).
1933Yachting Monthly Aug. 265 Used for oyster dredging off the Terschelling light on the Dutch coast they [sc. large Brightlingsea smacks] were known locally as ‘Skillingers’. 1959P. Norton End of Voyage xv. 107 Many of these larger smacks were ketch rigged... They were called ‘Skillingers’. 1970E. J. March Inshore Craft Gt. Brit. I. vi. 192 Another ground lay off the Terschilling Light on the Dutch coast, which gave its name to the vessels working there—‘Skillingers’. |