Georges Bank

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noun

a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.

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I've heard my uncle say that Georges Bank makes it as a mill makes meal.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman | Albert Walter Tolman
Cod are plentiful here in winter, though fewer vessels fish here than on Georges Bank, at that season.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine | Walter H. Rich

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