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factory n There was a liver factory here one time.The old feller that was operatin'.used to get about $50 or $60 for a 45 gallon drum [of cod liver oil]. Boiling, to produce cod liver oil. p. 46 He operated [the liver factory] something like a whale factory outfit, something like the whale fact...

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Summary:factory n There was a liver factory here one time.The old feller that was operatin'.used to get about $50 or $60 for a 45 gallon drum [of cod liver oil]. Boiling, to produce cod liver oil. p. 46 He operated [the liver factory] something like a whale factory outfit, something like the whale factory up there in Hawke's Harbour. Perhaps getting oil from whale blubber. [stamped] WK, AUG 21 1988 PRINTED ITEM DNE-Sup AUG 21 1988 G.M.Story WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used Sup