shrimper
noun
shrimp·er
ˈshrim-pər 
especially Southern ˈsrim-
Examples of shrimper in a Sentence
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The question is how shrimpers will adapt and innovate to change with the times.
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
It's idled many of this state's roughly 300 shrimpers.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
At stake is the livelihood of Mr. Jordan and shrimpers like him nationwide.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
Palacios, Texas: Vietnamese refugees in the small town overcame war trauma, language barriers and prejudice to make it as shrimpers.
—Soumya Karlamangla Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Fishing charters and shrimpers are an economic engine, and many residents are working-class people living in modest trailers or retirees in tranquil homes.
—Rebecca Blackwell and James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
But her sweet spot was coastal people — firefighters and shrimpers, cooks and cops, loggers, politicians and old-timers — and history.
—Mark Woolsey, ajc, 16 June 2023
Frustrated shrimpers, with nowhere to put the smelly traps, generally just throw them back, continuing the cycle.
—Ilima Loomis, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
Eddie is a full-time shrimper.
—Eric Dusenbery, ajc, 28 Sep. 2021
Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
It's idled many of this state's roughly 300 shrimpers.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
At stake is the livelihood of Mr. Jordan and shrimpers like him nationwide.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
Palacios, Texas: Vietnamese refugees in the small town overcame war trauma, language barriers and prejudice to make it as shrimpers.
—Soumya Karlamangla Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Fishing charters and shrimpers are an economic engine, and many residents are working-class people living in modest trailers or retirees in tranquil homes.
—Rebecca Blackwell and James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
But her sweet spot was coastal people — firefighters and shrimpers, cooks and cops, loggers, politicians and old-timers — and history.
—Mark Woolsey, ajc, 16 June 2023
Frustrated shrimpers, with nowhere to put the smelly traps, generally just throw them back, continuing the cycle.
—Ilima Loomis, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
Eddie is a full-time shrimper.
—Eric Dusenbery, ajc, 28 Sep. 2021
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shrimper
noun
shrimp·er
ˈshrimp-ər
1
: a shrimp fisherman
2
: a boat used in fishing for shrimps
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