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Quotation dates: 1729-1775
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†GUTSTER, n. A woman who guts fish. Cf. gutter, s.v. Gut, v.1Edb. a.1730 A. Pennecuik Coll. Sc. Poems (1750) 11:
Had a the Wives that carries Creels, Gutsters, and we wha spin on Wheels.Ork. 1775 J. Fea Present State Ork. (1884) 108:
Buss masters in the late Herring Buss fishery, and likewise the Coopers, Gutsters, etc. that were employed in it.
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