Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who catches shrimps; a shrimp-catcher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who fishes for shrimps.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
fishes for or catchesshrimp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vessel engaged in shrimping
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Examples
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He gave his occupation in court as "shrimper" and had an eighth-grade education, though his mother said he could not read or write.
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Ted Melancon, a shrimper from Cut Off, La., worked for BP for 130 days.
Adrift in oil, then money David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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BP has so much money that we can't really fathom it, but BP has to take care of its obligations to us, said Pass Christian, Miss., shrimper Bobby Barnett.
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And to discover that "water resistant" boots weren't adding to our already damp pantyhosed feet and replace them with plastic or rubber shrimper style boots?
Martha Rosenberg: Before You Bash the Fashion Industry, Remember It Gave Us Leggings Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Roland Hingle, a lifelong shrimper who lives in a tiny outpost community in Plaquemines called Port Sulphur, points to the navigation system on his boat, which still shows green land over an open lake that is at least eight feet deep.
In Historic Flooding On Mississippi River, A Missed Opportunity To Rebuild Louisiana 2011
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Ted Melancon, a shrimper from Cut Off, La., worked for BP for 130 days.
Six months after the spill, BP's money is changing the gulf as much as its oil David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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Down in Venice, La., an isolated town near the mouth of the Mississippi River, shrimper Acy Cooper Jr. said he understands the impulse to ask for more than you really lost.
Adrift in oil, then money David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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They will be compensated for the time they couldn't fish, but "if a shrimper has the ability to earn a livelihood, there is no longer a need for an emergency payment," he said.
Adrift in oil, then money David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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They will be compensated for the time they couldn't fish, but "if a shrimper has the ability to earn a livelihood, there is no longer a need for an emergency payment," he said.
Six months after the spill, BP's money is changing the gulf as much as its oil David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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Down in Venice, La., an isolated town near the mouth of the Mississippi River, shrimper Acy Cooper Jr. said he understands the impulse to ask for more than you really lost.
Six months after the spill, BP's money is changing the gulf as much as its oil David A. Fahrenthold 2010
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