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- noun Plural form of
trawler .
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Examples
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Great Britain, however, sent his Navy fleet into Icelandic waters to protect British fishing trawlers from the Icelandic coast-guard.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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They are carried between two boats described as trawlers, which are a form of sea-going tug with powerful engines, that can draw a heavy load.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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Commercial fishing has become so ruthless they now employ enormous fishing nets called trawlers -- when I say enormous, I mean it -- you can fit up to 12 747s in these motherfuckers.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Chloe J., Sustain Lane 2009
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As usual, the potentially troublesome comment was posted on this blog, which is subject to 'trawlers' looking for opportunities to embarrass me.
Archive 2007-08-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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As usual, the potentially troublesome comment was posted on this blog, which is subject to 'trawlers' looking for opportunities to embarrass me.
Trouble with Independence Glyn Davies 2007
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In addition to portions of the Allied navies, and smaller vessels such as trawlers, there were assembled some
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912
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I really doubt sportfishing poses half the threat to damaged oceanic ecosystems as do trawlers and draggers.
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Mechanized trawlers have been killing the adults for a while now, their shells washed ashore providing the gristly evidence.
Bharati Chaturvedi: Turning People Turtles in East India Bharati Chaturvedi 2011
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Piracy arose as a response by local fisherman to illegal fishing by foreign trawlers.
Evelyn Leopold: Somali Coast: A new Golden Age for Pirates Evelyn Leopold 2011
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I really doubt sportfishing poses half the threat to damaged oceanic ecosystems as do trawlers and draggers.
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