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Definition of Turtlers
1. turtler [n] - See also: turtler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turtlers
Literary usage of Turtlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Audubon and His Journals by John James Audubon, Maria Rebecca Audubon, Elliott Coues (1897)
"THE turtlers THE Tortugas are a group of islands lying about eighty miles from
Key West, and the last of those that seem to defend the peninsula of the ..."
2. Cruising and Blockading by William Henry Winslow (1885)
"Oh, many thousands." " What is his business?" " He owns turtlers. ... turtlers are
vessels that go along the keys and catch turtles. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1835)
"In taking these animals, the turtlers overset them on the beach, ... turtlers say,
that if a turtle is carried several hundred miles from its favourite ..."
4. Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 by Alexander Samuel Salley (1911)
"At this Season, when they most usually come ashore, which is in April, May and
June, the Seamen or turtlers, at some convenient distance watch their ..."
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