"neshaw" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Narragansett neeshauog (“eels, lampreys”) or a related word.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "c. 1960, Joseph Chase Allen, The wheelhouse loafer [selections from Joseph Chase Allen's weekly longshore log, \"With the fishermen\", from The Vineyard Gazette, 1940-1960],page 280",
          "text": "But when fall comes, the big neshaws want to get to sea and away from here, and that’s when men catch ’em in beach pots and without bait."
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        "A silver eel."
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        "(Massachusetts, especially Martha's Vineyard, now uncommon) A silver eel."
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      "ipa": "/ˈniʃɔ/"
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    {
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        "A silver eel."
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