| 单词 | liver money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliver money liver money n. money distributed to the crew, etc., on the basis of the number of fish livers extracted from the haul of a commercial fishing trip; cf. stocker n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit to be shared > share of profits > of fishing or whaling expedition lay1850 voyage1859 liver money1897 stocker1904 1897 W. Chance Children under Poor Law x. 282 Liver money, and score money, which are paid to them in lump sums. 1935 ‘R. M.’ Trawler 132 Firstly, there is the ‘liver-money’. The livers of all fish caught..are taken aft and tried down for the oil they produce... The proceeds of sale are divided among the crew. 1962 J. Tunstall Fishermen ii. 55 Liver money, received for the amount of cod and haddock livers landed. 2005 Grimsby Evening Telegraph (Nexis) 18 Jan. 4 Lashing the trawl, turning for home, sleeping ah! sleeping, counting the baskets and kits, dreaming of liver money and poundage. < as lemmas |
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