codder

¹

/ ˈkɒdə /

noun

1. a cod fisherman or his boat

codder

²

/ ˈkɒdə /

noun

1. dialect.
   the leader of a team of workers on a press at a steelworks

Word History and Origins

Origin of codder¹

perhaps from cod ⁴

Example Sentences

That five thousand dollar codder up there seemed like own folks, pretty nigh.

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Besides, being a true Cape Codder, he disliked hiring other than Cape men to work the schooner.

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My father stuck by his ship and went down with her, as did also her first mate, another Cape-Codder.

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Will then completed his dressing, and looked like a Cape Codder just arrived from a fishing-smack.

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The Cape Codder stopped quite speechless from retailing these marvels.

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