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Great Banks 
the extensive shoals, or bank (def. 1), lying southeast of Newfoundland, famous as cod-fishing grounds.
See also: bank ((1)) ((n.)) (def. 1) Grand Banks
- 1955 For 400 years its menfolk have gone down to the sea in small ships to snatch a bare and uncertain living from the famous Great Banks and to market their catches as best they could.
- 1955 For 400 years its menfolk have gone down to the sea in small ships to snatch a bare and uncertain living from the famous Great Banks and to market their catches as best they could.