Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonger
Literary usage of Tonger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Studies, United States by Nellie Burnham Allen (1910)
"OYSTER tonger PISHING FROM SIDE OF THE BOAT CHESAPEAKE BAY are the causes which
have led to the extermination of the salmon and other fish in many of our ..."
2. "Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer": Ayant Trait Aux îles by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Public Record Office (1902)
"William Le tonger— Pardon demanded. N'.' 10215. [Date: 1307. ... To the lord the
King & his Council prays William le tonger of the island of Jersey that ..."
3. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1901)
"When the tongs are let down on the bottom and the handles, sticking above the
water, are opened by the tonger, a good space of the oyster bed may be ..."
4. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"When sold at the canneries, a bushel seldom brings the tonger more than twelve
... At best, the tonger's business is a poor one. Experiment also has shown ..."
5. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"When sold at the canneries, a bushel seldom brings the tonger more than twelve
... At best, the tonger's business is a poor one. Experiment also has shown ..."
6. Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2000)
"... to the Oyster tonger" is an outstanding bronze of a Chesapeake Bay oyster
tonger (called such because of the tool used), standing on his stone boat with ..."
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