Definition of Crabbers

1. Noun. (plural of crabber) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crabbers

1. crabber [n] - See also: crabber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crabbers

crab lice
crab mentality
crab plover
crab spider
crab spiders
crab yaws
crabapple
crabapple jelly
crabapples
crabbed
crabbedly
crabbedness
crabbednesses
crabber
crabbers (current term)
crabbier
crabbiest
crabbily
crabbiness
crabbing
crabbish
crabbit
crabburger
crabby
crabby person
crabcake
crabcakes
crabeater
crabeater seal

Literary usage of Crabbers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sea-fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea by Frederick George Aflalo (1904)
"... Products—Falmouth to Mount's Bay—Penzance Harbour— Preference of the Buyers for Newlyn—The Newlyn Riots of 1896— Mousehole—Breton crabbers at Scilly—A ..."

2. In the Footprints of the Padres by Charles Warren Stoddard (1902)
"quent intervals by industrious crabbers, whose nets fairly fringed the wharf. They lay on their backs by scores and hundreds, and waved numberless legs in ..."

3. Big Game at Sea by Charles Frederick. Holder (1908)
"I was particularly attracted to a firm of crabbers, from the fact that about their ... I questioned one of the crabbers, who said that the creature that had ..."

4. By the Deep Sea: A Popular Introduction to the Wild Life of the British Shores by Edward Step (1896)
"If you do not come across either of these at low-water, you may see them when the crabbers bring in their catches. Their boats should be watched as they ..."

5. The Costs of Managing Fisheries by Anthony Cox (2003)
"However, both licensed crab fishers and non-crabbers rejected the pilot project concept and were then challenged by DFO to come up with an alternative plan. ..."

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