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   1 1987 POOLE 77 I did not get very much salmon but did very well with the fish despite the fact that I did not have any good berths.
   2 In var collocations and phr first fish: first in the competition, fish and brewis, fish in summer fun in winter, fish in the punt, pork in the pot ([1916] 1924 ENGLAND 255), fish or no fish, no fish, no dollar, when the fish eat, we all eat ([1916] 1924 ENGLAND 256).
   [1925] 1986 Them Days xi (4), 21-2 He prided himself on being 'first fish' each season and there were not very many when he wasn't... 'Spect I got the first a'gin, Missus.' 1989 Evening Telegram 15 July, p. A9 There's a fish and brewis supper after which the [Trinity Bay] festival will end with a lip sync contest at the Parish Hall. 1990 ibid 9 Feb, p. 5 While the demerit driving system may not be as desirable as fish and brewis to many Newfoundlanders, it should not pose any problems for good drivers. 1968 KEATING 74 'Used to be fish in the summer and fun in the winter,' the skipper said, 'but it's fish the year around now, so the lads have to grab their fun when they can.' P 331-83 She decided to buy the canvas, fish or no fish. 1988 MOMATIUK & EASTCOTT (eds) 124 'The more fish you saw, the more you liked it. That was your dollar. No fish, no dollar.'
   3 Attrib, comb fish box: also: familiar term for wooden sailing vessel carrying dried cod to foreign markets, ~ cask, ~ company: cp FISH MERCHANT, ~ crate: wooden container in which cod are processed in the Bank fishery, ~ drum, ~ farm: sheltered area in a bay or harbour where cod are raised to maturity in netted enclosures for market, ~ fly, ~ frame: residue of a filleted cod, ~ gull: ring-billed gull, ~ hold: storage area on a deep-sea fishing vessel for the catch, ~ jigger: JIGGER 1, ~ killer, fish('s) pea(s), ~ plant: FISHING ROOM, ~ pound: also: area of inshore waters with extensive nets for the temporary holding of live cod, ~ room, ~ stage, ~ store, ~ top, ~ trimmer: one engaged in filleting fresh cod, ~ truck: vehicle engaged in transportation of fresh cod, etc, ~ tub.
   1987 FIZZARD 193 'When we got to the bridge they had this big archway all made up with fish casks. And they had "Welcome Home" on it.' 1988 Evening Telegram 6 May, p. 1 Mr. Cashin said he is anxious to begin contract negotiations with fish companies for the caplin fishery and spring fishery. 1984 KELLAND 152 [There] were four large fish crates in which fish were cut, throated and headed on the Banks. 1893 Evening Telegram 22 Mar The schooner Edith arrived from Carbonear last evening...with a load of fish drums. 1988 ibid 11 June, p. 3 Department of Fisheries experiments at the Bay Bulls fish farm last year indicate the starting stock will grow at a rate of 23 per cent every month from June to November. 1987 POWELL 113 Then to add to the smell the town was invaded by what was called the fish fly, a fly a little smaller than the busy bee. 1988 Networker Dec, p. 1 Little use has been found for fish frames--the skeleton left after the fillets are removed--even though they contain significant amounts of fish flesh. 1987 MONTEVECCHI & TUCK 239 Fish gull. 1972 ANDERSEN & WADEL (eds) 125 Assuming the shipboard, fish-hold log is the most accurate, the daily hail is seen to differ from 'actual' catch by as much as fifty to seventy thousand pounds. 1986 Nfld's Deepsea Fishery 649 fishhold: an insulated portion of the vessel where the fish is stored in ice. 1981 SPARKES xii The lead from a broken fish jigger and that which lined the chests in which tea came was saved and melted down into gun-balls for the great long, Birmingham muzzle-loading guns. 1983 WARNER 28 Unlike many Newfoundland localisms, fish killer is easily translated. It means what the rest of the English-speaking fishing world calls a high liner, a top-earning fisherman. 1987 O'FLAHERTY 41 [title] "Fish killer." ibid 42 Now seventy-five, Abe had once been the best fish killer on the shore. 1989 Sunday Express 19 Mar, p. 7 Our winter's pocket money [was] earned door to door: first rank, those who sold cod tongues by the bucket--the quick and skillful; second rank, those who sold 'fish's peas' (cod roe)--the industrious but fumble-fingered. 1987 POWELL 96 He wanted me to take the balance of the salt that was left on board. It was hard for me to say no to the skipper, so they landed several thousand bags of it in my fish plant. 1981 PADDOCK 35 "Pronging Fish On The Stage Head": In the ground they are at her by now,/And in the fish-pound, too, the maggots writhe. 1989 Evening Telegram 12 July, p. 4 Fishermen at Petty Harbour...have devised a fish pound made of twine wherein the surplus cod from the traps may be held alive until the plants are ready to process it. 1984 POWELL 7 Mr Dawe, who lived in Bay Roberts and operated a fish room at Fishing Ship's Harbour in Labrador, had already contacted my father and my brother Max and offered them salmon nets and some supplies. [1763] 1987 FIZZARD 37 [inventory of property] a fish stage w[ith] conveniences. 1986 Metro 29 June, p. 17 A tour around New World Island...will uncover a living history that still survives in the unusual construction of root cellars and the old time 'fish top' still used to cover curing saltfish from the elements. 1987 RAPPORT 63 Leo needs a job, the fishplant has advertised for fish-trimmers and packers. 1988 SINCLAIR (ed) 134 Others bring us loads of wood to keep us/Warmed up in our little shack/Two fish trucks have left empty but/We're ready for them when they do come back. 1984 KELLAND 152 Two large tubs were placed onboard, those were made by sawing an extra large puncheon in two. They were usually called fish tubs because they were used to wash dressed fish in before it was sent down to the holds to be salted.

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