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单词 cod jigger
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cod jiggern.

Brit. /ˈkɒd ˌdʒɪɡə/, U.S. /ˈkɑd ˌdʒɪɡər/, Canadian English /ˈkɒd ˌdʒɪɡər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cod n.2, jigger n.1
Etymology: < cod n.2 + jigger n.1
Chiefly Canadian (Newfoundland).
An unbaited hook or number of hooks set in a lead weight and used in cod jigging (see cod jigging n.).
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1810 L. A. Anspach in Duckworth's Newfoundland (1971) §13. 22 The modes of catching squids is by jigging for this purpose they use a lead in the shape of a small inverted cone, having round the thickest end six or eight pieces of iron bent and sharpened in the form of fish hooks, and used in the same manner as the cod-jigger.
1863 Rep. Select Comm. Council of Assembly Fisheries (St. John, Newfoundland) in Rep. Commerc. Relations U.S. with Foreign Countries 1963 (1865) 40 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (38th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 41) X The use of cod jiggers in catching fish is a practice, although nearly unanimously condemned, that would appear to be at certain times and in certain localities unavoidable.
1895 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 5 July The abolition of the cod jigger would reduce the shore fishery catch about one-third.
2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Oct. 19 It takes as its visual cue an old cod-jigger found in a Newfoundland antique shop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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