shrimper

noun

Definition of shrimpernext
as in whaler

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Recent Examples of shrimper For a shrimper already operating on slim margins, that's not just an inconvenience. — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 26 May 2026 Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs. — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Southern shrimpers face multiple challenges, including rising costs and cheaper foreign imports. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shrimper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrimper
  1. whaler
  2. banker
  3. workboat
  4. whaleboat
  5. hooker
  6. lugger
  7. gillnetter
  8. scalloper
Noun
  • As the early morning breeze tickles the top of the Santa Monica Bay, three scientists pack into a small whaler boat and push out to sea in pursuit of great white sharks.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Species include blue sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, bronze whaler sharsk, dusky sharks, hammerheads, tigers and spinner sharks.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of whaler
Noun
  • While a number of groups, including Tsai, have invested multiple times in PLL, Rabil said that with each funding round the group typically sought a leading role from a new banker.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
  • Aymen Sifour, a banker who lives in Montreal, flew into town with his sister and parents.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Definition of banker
Noun
  • However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of workboat
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  • One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of whaleboat
Noun
  • This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026
  • Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of hooker
Noun
  • The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
    — Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of lugger
Noun
  • The price tag on working gillnetters can be as low as ten grand for an out-of-repair fiberglass Rawson or as much as $400,000 for a fancy new aluminum drift boat with full refrigeration.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
  • In Puget Sound, gillnetter Pete Knutson competes against 70-foot purse seiners that are usually corporate-owned.
    — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
Definition of gillnetter
Noun
  • On Saturday, Bretal and Vega boarded a scalloper and embarked on a fishing trip that took a horrifying turn when their vessel apparently capsized and sank Sunday about 28 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard.
    — BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The four men on the scalloper, which had left from New Bedford, Massachusetts, did not appear to be wearing life jackets, Noel said.
    — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2019
Definition of scalloper

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