squidding vbl n
1 Fishing for bait squid.
1955 DOYLE (ed) 83 "When Our Boys Gave Up Squiddin ... : Our boys gave up squiddin', they all joined the Navy / To fight for old England, her King and her Crown.
2 Comb squidding ground: area of inshore waters with seasonal abundance of the shortfinned squid; SQUID n: ~ GROUND (P 148--66).
P 9-73 It was a real nuisance to fishermen living along the shore of the tickle and many a cuss word must have rent the early morning air when some fisherman at 4 a.m. was heading for the squidding ground and found his boat missing.
