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Definition of Prawners
1. prawner [n] - See also: prawner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prawners
Literary usage of Prawners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"16 prawners on the beach, near Tenby. 1874. 1027 Mussel-gathering on the beach
near Monkstone, South Wales. 1875. >1 Monkstone Bay, Pembrokeshire. ..."
2. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"Young examples are common on bottoms around rocky headlands in places like the
lower parts of Port Jackson,* being occasionally captured by "prawners" using ..."
3. Nature and Sport in Britain by Henry Anderson Bryden (1904)
"... who knows the likelier bits of coastline and understands his or her art—and
I know some extremely skilful lady prawners—may usually reckon, ..."
4. History of the Fisheries of New South Wales: With a Sketch of the Laws by by Lindsay G. Thompson (1893)
"He says that in the Hunter River there are two distinct species of prawn, commonly
known among prawners as the yellow head or river prawn, and the white ..."
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