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单词 skillinger
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skillingern.

/ˈskɪlɪŋɡə/
Etymology: < corruption of Terschelling, the name of one of the West Frisian Islands in north-western Netherlands + -er suffix1.
East Anglian local.
An East Anglian oyster smack operating off the north-western coast of Holland (see quots.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans
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1933 Yachting Monthly Aug. 265/1 Used for oyster dredging off the Terschelling light on the Dutch coast they [sc. large Brightlingsea smacks] were known locally as ‘Skillingers’.
1959 P. Norton End of Voy. xv. 107 Many of these larger smacks were ketch rigged... They were called ‘Skillingers’.
1970 E. J. March Inshore Craft Great 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’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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