Laxfisher
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A salmon fisher. Scotland
"After reading of th[e]ir acts, he also by direction frae the General Assembly, charged the masters and laxfishers of Dee and Don, within this parish, to forbear fishing upon Sunday, viz. frae Saturday at midnight till Sunday at that time, in all time coming; […]"
Example
More examples"After reading of th[e]ir acts, he also by direction frae the General Assembly, charged the masters and laxfishers of Dee and Don, within this parish, to forbear fishing upon Sunday, viz. frae Saturday at midnight till Sunday at that time, in all time coming; […]"
Etymology
From lax (“salmon”) + fisher.
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