"bowpicker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbaʊˌpɪkə(ɹ)/ Forms: bowpickers [plural]
Etymology: From bow + picker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bow|picker}} bow + picker Head templates: {{en-noun}} bowpicker (plural bowpickers)
  1. A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat. Related terms: sternpicker
    Sense id: en-bowpicker-en-noun-DF8ILbhK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1985, Earl Roberge, Columbia: Great River of the West, page 146:",
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        {
          "ref": "1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 103:",
          "text": "It was a thirty-two foot bowpicker with a bare, stainless-stell reel in the bow and a square, squatty cabin that filled up the stern.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Seabird Avoidance Measures for Small Alaskan Longline Vessels:",
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