Crossword clues for trawlerman
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trawlerman \Trawl"er*man\, n.; pl. Trawlermen.
A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.
[Obs.]
--Cowell.
Wiktionary
n. A fisherman on a trawler
Wikipedia
Trawlerman can refer to:
- Trawlerman, a sea-fisherman who works on a fishing trawler
- Trawlermen, a series which ran from 2006 to 2009 on BBC TV, about the lives of some North Sea trawlermen
Usage examples of "trawlerman".
Two boys from different worlds, they had come face to face on the main fish wharf and their hostility had been instantaneous, their hackles rising like dogs, and within minutes, gibes and insults had turned to blows and they had flown at each other furiously, punching and wrestling down the wharf while the coloured trawlermen had egged them on delightedly.
It doesn't explain what induced you to become a trawlerman, or why a man with your record of industrial action should commit himself so wholeheartedly to the salvage and management of a vessel for gain.
Some of the boats had their nets full, and he saw the silver treasure glittering through the water as the trawlermen raised it slowly to the surface, while over them hung a shimmering white panoply of seabirds, greedy for the feast.
Raleigh was dressed like one of the trawlermen in a blue jersey, yellow plastic overalls and sea boots.