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set-netter en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of set netter.
   alt of set netter
   • The set-netter or beach fisherman is one who, by preference or because of lack of financial backing, does his fishing from the beach, and, strangely enough, the preponderance of set-netters are women. 1946, Carl Irving Wick, Ocean Harvest: The Story of Commercial Fishing in Pacific Coast Waters:
   • This is particularly important to set-netters because each license entitles the holder to certain limits of gear so that the head of a household may increase his gear by an amount proportional to the number of licenses he can command. 1965, Richard Grey Smith, A Geography of Contemporary Settlement on the Western Kenai:
   • Some set-netters can make millions per year, though the drift-netters (known as drifters) probably have a higher average income. 1997, David Lebedoff, Cleaning Up, →ISBN, page 82:

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