fishocracy n. . . the St john's merchants - the "Fishocracy", as they are sometimes locally known.the St john's merchantsPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG. M. Story May 1970JH MAY 1970Used I and SupUsed I and SupNot use
voyage n...someone remarked that Skipper So and So had got his cargo of fish, - a "voyage of fish,"...
fishNot infrequently a sail loft, or the upper storey of a fish store was dubbed with the exalted n...
premises n sg or plMost were employed as fishermen while three or four worked on the room or the ...
fishocracy nThe term appears to have been first used in print by Philip Toque, _Newfoundland in 1877...
merchantThe fish merchants in St. John's expected to do some trade with the men from whom they bough...
fishocracy nThe 'fishocracy' comprised, in descending order: (1) the principal merchants, high offic...
merchant..._merchants_ ... who, originally carrying on the fishery from [Britain], and visiting that...
out-harbourSome masters of fishing or coasting vessels in the out harbours, sometimes get their nam...
houseQuality of fish acceptable by the individual St. John's fish merchants ("houses") in the old d...
out-harbour nWe afterwards learned that the merchants of _St. John's_ would gladly purchase salted...
out-harbour n...those merchants, who reside constantly at _St. John's_, receive a double profit: t...
hook nThe defendants, on the other hand, concluded from their hook-and-line experience of the grou...
tally vThe fish when dried and "tallied in" to the merchant on our return are sent to the Mediterr...
fishocracy nPolitical parties became increasingly divided along class lines as Whiteway rallied the ...
prosecution n[Population of St. John's] Their sole business, it may be said, was the prosecution ...
voyage n...someone remarked that Skipper So and So had got his cargo of fish, - a "voyage of fish,"...
fishNot infrequently a sail loft, or the upper storey of a fish store was dubbed with the exalted n...
premises n sg or plMost were employed as fishermen while three or four worked on the room or the ...
fishocracy nThe term appears to have been first used in print by Philip Toque, _Newfoundland in 1877...
merchantThe fish merchants in St. John's expected to do some trade with the men from whom they bough...
fishocracy nThe 'fishocracy' comprised, in descending order: (1) the principal merchants, high offic...
merchant..._merchants_ ... who, originally carrying on the fishery from [Britain], and visiting that...
out-harbourSome masters of fishing or coasting vessels in the out harbours, sometimes get their nam...
houseQuality of fish acceptable by the individual St. John's fish merchants ("houses") in the old d...
out-harbour nWe afterwards learned that the merchants of _St. John's_ would gladly purchase salted...
out-harbour n...those merchants, who reside constantly at _St. John's_, receive a double profit: t...
hook nThe defendants, on the other hand, concluded from their hook-and-line experience of the grou...
tally vThe fish when dried and "tallied in" to the merchant on our return are sent to the Mediterr...
fishocracy nPolitical parties became increasingly divided along class lines as Whiteway rallied the ...
prosecution n[Population of St. John's] Their sole business, it may be said, was the prosecution ...
voyage n...someone remarked that Skipper So and So had got his cargo of fish, - a "voyage of fish,"...
fishNot infrequently a sail loft, or the upper storey of a fish store was dubbed with the exalted n...
premises n sg or plMost were employed as fishermen while three or four worked on the room or the ...