DCHP-2
out-harbo(u)r Nfld. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any port other than St. John's, especially one of the many small, isolated fishing villages on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
See also: outport (def. 1)
- 1818 From this it will appear evident, that those merchants, who reside constantly at St. John's, receive a double profit: the first arising from their foreign exports of salted cod; and the second, from the articles which they supply to the out-harbour settlers, in return for this commodity.
- 1896 In the winter of 1888 a fire took place in the out-harbor where I was then living, and a large part of the winter's stores was destroyed.
- 1818 From this it will appear evident, that those merchants, who reside constantly at St. John's, receive a double profit: the first arising from their foreign exports of salted cod; and the second, from the articles which they supply to the out-harbour settlers, in return for this commodity.