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Definition of Oystermen
1. oysterman [n] - See also: oysterman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oystermen
Literary usage of Oystermen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Northwest Coast by James Gilchrist Swan (1857)
"The oystermen celebrate the 4th of July.—A Speech and a great Bonfire.—Arrival
of Emigrants.—Colonel HK Stevens.—Fishing-party on the Nasal River. ..."
2. Report on the Ship-building Industry of the United States by Henry Hall (1884)
"... part of the New England coast, except in Connecticut, where they were favorites
with the oystermen for 150 years after the time of the first settlement. ..."
3. ... A Report Upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts by David Lawrence Belding (1909)
"While it is true that scarcely a third of this land is utilized for the cultivation
of oysters, it is likewise true that the rights of the oystermen are by ..."
4. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"The war gave the oysters of the Chesapeake a respite, and the work of depletion
was stayed ; but it was speedily taken up again, and already the oystermen ..."
5. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1901)
"From this great sum should Li-ted, ая not having been disbursed among the oystermen
of nity, an amount which the writer is not in a position to give, ..."
6. Annual Report by Rhode Island, Commissioners of Shell Fisheries (1919)
"This condition has been very injurious to the growth of the oyster industry, as
the oystermen have used up all of their surplus stock, in fact, ..."
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