sapper n A full boat-load of cod; SWAMPER.
1968 Avalon Penin of Nfld 112 ~ a good boat-load of fish. C 70-12 When the fishermen would come in with a full load of fish, that is to say only the gunnels were out of the water, my uncle would say, 'they have got a full sapper,' which meant they had a full load of codfish. P 135-74 ~ The term describes a boat when there is a load of fish in it.
