conner n DARE cunner n¹ 1 N E (1672-). Also attrib ~ pot.
   1984 GOUGH 57 'You got anything better to do with your time? Like counting connors?' 1985 Newfoundland LifeStyle iii (1), 46 I've caught quintals of conners in my time but that's as far as it goes. P 231-87 Conner pot. A round hoop 3 1/2 feet diameter covered with netting, lowered, with bait tied in centre, for catching lobsters. 1990 Evening Telegram 14 Jan, p. 5 He said sculpins and connors can be found [in St John's harbor], but very rarely.

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