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1696 London Gaz. No. 3182/3 Masters of Vessels, Fishermen, Dredgermen, and other Seafaring Men.
1711 Act 9 Anne c. 26 Such persons as shall use to fish or druge within the limits of the said Fishery as common Fishermen or Drugermen.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 147/1 The dredgermen of the Thames, or river finders.
1887 Daily News 27 July 6/3 It [a Fraternity at Faversham] consisted of free fishermen and dredgermen, who had the exclusive right to dredge and sell oysters within the hundred.
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