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salt-banker Maritimes 
n. a banker (def. 1) carrying enough salt to preserve the caught fish at once, thus making possible protracted stays on the fishing grounds.
See also: banker (def. 1) salt fishing
- 1955 I would like to acknowledge . . . the help given by the details of fishermen's duties aboard a salt-banker suggested in a short story by Thomas H. Raddall. . . .
- 1961 It was marked by the loss of a Nova Scotia salt-banker which had raced her way into the hearts of the nation
- 1955 I would like to acknowledge . . . the help given by the details of fishermen's duties aboard a salt-banker suggested in a short story by Thomas H. Raddall. . . .