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Crabber

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who catches crabs.

    "Many shrimpers complain that the crabbers place their traps too close together and that they can't go between the traps without snagging their nets."

  2. 2
    A person who finds fault or criticizes.

    "There were one or two crabbers, of course—people who wanted his job—but no one paid any attention to the likes of them."

  3. 3
    A boat used for catching crabs.

    "In the bright haze of morning they came into Hort Harbor, where a hundred craft were moored or setting forth: fishermen's boats, crabbers, trawlers, trading-ships, two galleys of twenty oars […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From crab (“crustacean having five pairs of legs”) + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

Etymology 2

From crab (“to be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault”) + -er.

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