Summary: | shareman n The man concerned, named Lancaster, came originally from Newfoundland, and is at present a "shareman" working for the Hudson's Bay Company at Blanc Sablon. The Newfoundlanders - or "foreigners" - who fish in the neighbouring waters, and by trawl rather than by net, since they are forbidden the latter, take their fish generally into St. John's, Newfoundland, whence it is conveyed to other markets. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup MAR 5 1988 G.M.Story WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used fisherman, shoreman, come/go shareman. The source is not listed in DNE but the card is stamped and cited.
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