trawler
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He himself comes from five generations of trawlermen, he explained, and had long heard uncles and cousins complaining about E.U. regulations over fishing.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 30, 2019
The artwork, painted by two trawlermen, welcomed fishermen on their return to the waters of the Humber.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2019
I found myself at home chatting with Brixham trawlermen, watching old people in Fowey swing dancing to Erasure.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018
The winch complained more loudly, the ship listed toward the laden net, and then capsized, tipping the trawlermen into the sea.
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2013
Individually, too, the legislators are often vulnerable to local pressures�an outcry from Greek constituents agitated about the Turks, or New England trawlermen worried about fishing boundaries off Canada.
From Time Magazine Archive
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