crabber
Americannoun
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a crab fisherman
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a boat used for crab-fishing
Etymology
Origin of crabber
First recorded in 1840–50; crab 1 + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Green was now the last Bay Center crabber fishing in the ocean.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
Limiting a commercial crabber to 15 bushels of male crabs six days a week will do little to resolve the problem.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
Gerald W. Winegrad chaired the Maryland Senate’s Environment and Chesapeake Bay Subcommittee and has been a recreational crabber for more than a half-century from Norfolk to Annapolis.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
Lethin operates the Aleutian Ballad, a former crabber, as a tour boat in the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
The men—two truck farmers, a retired crabber, a bookkeeper, a carpenter, a boat builder, a grocer, and a halibut schooner deckhand—were all dressed in coats and neckties.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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