单词 | pot fisherman |
释义 | pot fishermann. 1. U.S. depreciative. A person who fishes indiscriminately or selfishly, catching whatever is available. Cf. pot-hunter n. 2a. Now rare. ΚΠ 1881 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 2 May 4/1 Pot fishermen around Ellenville kill all the trout in the streams by using lime. 1928 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 10 May 10/1 Fish hogs with nets..nearly put hook and line angling out of business here years ago. The present-day pot-fisherman is liable to do the same. 1947 E. Zern How to tell Fish from Fishermen 6 People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing. 2. A person who fishes (esp. for shellfish or crabs) using a basket or pot. Formerly also: †a person who fishes while floating on the water supported by a pot (see quot. 1890) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using other methods poundmanc1307 Petera1343 petermanc1400 fish-potter1819 sniggler1840 snatcher1878 ice-fisherman1879 guddler1880 pot fisher1890 pot fisherman1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Pot fisherman, one who fishes while floating on the surface of the water, supported by an earthen pot. [note] The vessel not only buoys up the fisherman, but serves a receptacle for his catch. This method is much practised in some Asiatic rivers. 1943 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 Aug. 8/2 Pot fishermen would have to resort to bamboo in the construction of their pots. 1970 Times 2 Sept. 10/5 A much brighter prospect has suddenly opened up for Guernsey's traditional pot fishermen. 2005 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 18 May d1 Alaska shrimp benefit from the deep, cold water. The pot fishermen..find them about 300 feet down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881 |
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