banker

The Sailor's Word-Book

A vessel employed in the deep-sea cod-fishery on the great banks of Newfoundland. Also, a man who works on the sides of a canal, or on an embankment; a navvy.

The Sailor's Word-Book

← banka × bank-fires →

Related Words

Banker
·noun A money changer. II. Banker ·noun A ditcher; a drain digger. III. Banker ·noun The stone ben...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
banker
n. a river full up to the top of thebanks. Compare Shakspeare: «Like a proud river, peering o'erhis...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
banker
A vessel employed in fishing on the banks of Newfoundland. "There were employed in the fisheries 123...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
scow-banker
A manager of a scow. Also, a contemptuous term for a lubberly fellow. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book