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lobsterman

[lob-ster-muhn] / ˈlɒb stər mən /
NOUN
fisherman
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When Martin became a lobsterman in 1984, cruise ships hardly stopped in Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Another Maine lobsterman, Nick Lemieux, said he and his sons have had nearly 200 traps stolen in recent years – and he blames their rivals to the north.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

I mean, the head of the Republican Party in the state legislature is like a career lobsterman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2024

An unconscious driver survived in a sinking car when a lobsterman entered the water off Portland, Maine, in diving gear for the rescue.

From Washington Times Nov. 17, 2023

There were a good many shorts in the trap, but there were also four good-sized lobsters, and the lobsterman seemed well pleased.

From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Ralph Henry Barbour

You’ll also find lobstermen in Bath, a Kennebec River city 40 minutes by car up the coast from Portland.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

He noted that the federal contribution to rebuild the breakwater, which creates the inner harbor that allows fishermen and lobstermen to work, was $6 million.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

The injuries have been caused when lobstermen have been caught up in each other's lines.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

Boatyards lost equipment in harbor-side machine shops; some of the state’s 4,000 to 4,500 lobstermen lost hundreds of traps.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2024

It contained interviews with fishermen and lobstermen and a story told by an old captain of a fishing schooner, who was spending his declining years in a dilapidated shack by the seashore.

From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Nan Netherton




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