Add to ORKGhalfWell, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand" they used to call it; that will be half a share, see.YesJ. D. A. WiddowsonUsed I and SupUsed IUsed ICp OED ~ n 7 f on the halves, DAE now dial. Phr half one's hand: one half a 'share' of the catch of fish due to a crew-member, the other half-share going to owner, 'planter' or skipper.T 36-64 is the listed source in the DNE
half1920 WALDO With Grenfell 156 If a man goes 'half his hand' it means he gets half his catch for ...
collar n[PT] Well, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand...
halfTo what part of the cod-seine fish is the plaintiff entitled under the agreement, which states ...
halfThen, as they had shipped with him, that he had the same rights as they did, for they had signed...
half... there is a uniform method of division... called "having half you hand." There are four men i...
halfPeople have heard of rare instances where a man, upon retiring, claims "one half of his hand," t...
halfThe term "half-ya-hand"... before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of shari...
halfWages were not paid to the men, but they fished on shares called "half their hand".G. M. Story F...
halfThese gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. ... The ow...
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfExplanation through an e.g.: there are 4 men in a cre, including the skipper-owner. 100 quintals...
cut vSome of the fisherman are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut thei...
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfBut now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half ...
share nSome of the fishermen are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut th...
half1920 WALDO With Grenfell 156 If a man goes 'half his hand' it means he gets half his catch for ...
collar n[PT] Well, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand...
halfTo what part of the cod-seine fish is the plaintiff entitled under the agreement, which states ...
halfThen, as they had shipped with him, that he had the same rights as they did, for they had signed...
half... there is a uniform method of division... called "having half you hand." There are four men i...
halfPeople have heard of rare instances where a man, upon retiring, claims "one half of his hand," t...
halfThe term "half-ya-hand"... before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of shari...
halfWages were not paid to the men, but they fished on shares called "half their hand".G. M. Story F...
halfThese gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. ... The ow...
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfExplanation through an e.g.: there are 4 men in a cre, including the skipper-owner. 100 quintals...
cut vSome of the fisherman are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut thei...
half[Front] The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly enga...
halfBut now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half ...
share nSome of the fishermen are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut th...
half1920 WALDO With Grenfell 156 If a man goes 'half his hand' it means he gets half his catch for ...
collar n[PT] Well, when you'd go in collar in the spring your pay would be a "half [o'] your hand...
halfTo what part of the cod-seine fish is the plaintiff entitled under the agreement, which states ...