Sir Walter Scott used Auchmithie as the model for his 'Musselcrag' in The Antiquary. The artist William Lamond spent 40 summers in the village, and painted scenes of Auchmithie and its fisherfolk.
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Fisherfolk
//ˈfɪʃəfəʊk//
Synonyms for "fisherfolk"
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1 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 3 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 漁民 /渔民 noun (people who fish for a living)
Finnish
3 entries- kalastajakansa noun (people who fish for a living)
- kalastajakansan jäsen noun (members of a culture that is dominated by fishing)
- kalastajat noun (people who fish for a living)
Japanese
1 entries- 漁民 noun (people who fish for a living)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Every year Grey Nomad migration sees the little Gulf town of Karumba stretched creaseless with sunbirds and fisherfolk.
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