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1 1987 Nfld Qtly lxxxiii (1), 16 They moved off outside and the boys carried us out in the skiff.
2 1988 Decks Awash xvii (4), 14 Several families included experienced boatbuilders who designed a 15-ton, two-masted, three-sailed fishing vessel that became known as a Rocky Harbour skiff.
3 Attrib ~-load.
1989 Evening Telegram 19 Aug, p. A8 Quite often we would have a skiff load of fish.
