DCHP-2
outporter Nfld DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a native or resident of an outport (def. 1).
See also: bayman outport (def. 1)
- 1905 There is the Newfoundland 'outporter'--the small fisherman of the remoter coast, who must depend wholly upon his hook and line for subsistence.
- 1958 . . . many outporters still follow the custom of starting [Christmas Day] off with a breakfast of fish.
- 1905 There is the Newfoundland 'outporter'--the small fisherman of the remoter coast, who must depend wholly upon his hook and line for subsistence.