splitter

splitter n When the header has done his work, he thrusts the fish to the other side of the table, where sits a spilter, or splitter, who with a strong knife splits it abroad, and with a back stroke cuts off the bone, which falls through a hole into the sea. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story January 196...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/49443
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Summary:splitter n When the header has done his work, he thrusts the fish to the other side of the table, where sits a spilter, or splitter, who with a strong knife splits it abroad, and with a back stroke cuts off the bone, which falls through a hole into the sea. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story January 1964 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I spilter, SHOREMAN, SPLITTING KNIFE, splitter's mitt.

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