byeboat-keeper
by-boat n These byeboat keepers were more efficient than the residents because of their ability to attract the best men by good wages and the share system. Passengers paid three pounds sterling for the voyage out and a third or a half less for the passage home. PRINTED ITEM GMS Dec 75 Used I and Sup...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1975
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5352 |
| Summary: | by-boat n These byeboat keepers were more efficient than the residents because of their ability to attract the best men by good wages and the share system. Passengers paid three pounds sterling for the voyage out and a third or a half less for the passage home. PRINTED ITEM GMS Dec 75 Used I and Sup Not used 2 Not used Word form appears in DNE as byeboatkeeper and by(e)-boat keeper. |
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