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planter
1) In Newfoundland, a person engaged in the fishery. 2) A term applied to a piece of timber or the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
a cattle-thief, so called fromhiding the stolen cattle.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xxv. p. 352:
«What's a little money . . . if your children grow upduffers [sc. cattle-duffers, q.v.] and planters?»
1) In Newfoundland, a person engaged in the fishery. 2) A term applied to a piece of timber or the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.