Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The occupation or business of catching shrimps.
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- verb Present participle of
shrimp .
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Examples
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Ali Velshi, as usual, getting us both a personal report from some of the folks there and the effect it's going to have on industry, namely the shrimping and oil rigs along the region.
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St. Helena natives and transplants recalled shrimping trips, strict teachers at the Penn Center school, Praise House songs and the end of segregation in Beaufort County.
Island Packet: Home 2010
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St. Helena natives and transplants recalled shrimping trips, strict teachers at the Penn Center school, Praise House songs and the end of segregation in Beaufort County.
Island Packet: Home 2010
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St. Helena natives and transplants recalled shrimping trips, strict teachers at the Penn Center school, Praise House songs and the end of segregation in Beaufort County.
Island Packet: Home 2010
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Kemah incorporated in 1965 and was widely known as a shrimping village until 1997 when entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta built the 14-acre Kemah Boardwalk.
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Kemah incorporated in 1965 and was widely known as a shrimping village until 1997 when entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta built the 14-acre Kemah Boardwalk.
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Kemah incorporated in 1965 and was widely known as a shrimping village until 1997 when entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta built the 14-acre Kemah Boardwalk.
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Entire industries, such as shrimping, fishing, and raising oysters will be devastated for decades to come.
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Sailors call it "shrimping," and Easy made it look, well, easy.
unknown title 2009
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So the bean counters at the oil companies decide it's cheaper to take a chance on ruining the Gulf of Mexico and all the industries dependent upon it like fishing, shrimping and tourism (not to mention the wildlife), than to put in place voluntary safeguards like a remote-controlled emergency shut-off valve, called a blowout preventer.
Durbin: New safety standards likely for offshore drilling 2010
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