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sack ship Atlantic Provinces, Hist. 
a large vessel employed in carrying supplies from Europe to the East Coast fisheries, returning with cargoes of fish.
- 1957 . . . the sackships had come very early in the spring [with] supplies. . . .
- 1965 . . . fishing ships and "sack" ships came to Cape Breton's coves and harbours each year in substantial numbers.
- 1965 Its larger vessels, now known as "sack ships," appeared on the scene at St. John's, taking no part in the catching of the cod, and serving primarily as freighters and transporters.
- 1957 . . . the sackships had come very early in the spring [with] supplies. . . .