Summary: | smack 2n Two alternative modes of travel are the Canadian National Railways coastal boats and the "smack," a fish-collecting boat stationed at the fish plant in Community 2. 2. The term *smack" is a survival from West Country fishing (the southwestern coast of England), where the fish-collecting boat that used to be sent out to meet the fishing fleet was called a smack. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story AUG 1971 JH AUG 1971 Used I Used I Used I baitskiff, skiff, punt or rodney; fishing smack; lobster smack
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