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catch n Cp OED ~ sb1 2 b 'number of fish caught.' The number
of animals taken at the 'seal fishery' for their 'pelts'; TRIP, VOYAGE.
1852 ARCHIBALD 3 Although it was a disastrous season, in respect to
loss of vessels, yet the catch of seals upon the whole was above an average one, there
being from half to three-quarters of a million seals captured. 1891 PACKARD 122 A
successful 'catch' of seals is 'better than 9000.' 1978 Evening Telegram 13 Feb,
p. 6 As long as this surplus stock [of seal meat] is unsold they won't be buying any of
this year's catch ... from the landsmen.
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