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skiffer Maritimes 
n. a person who fishes from a skiff, close inshore.
- 1945 Most of the big boats fish the more distant grounds, leaving the inner places for "skiffers" and men in other small craft.
- 1945 Most of the big boats fish the more distant grounds, leaving the inner places for "skiffers" and men in other small craft.