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n. - One who fishes for decapods having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.

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  • As for Joe Palmer, Travelstead said, "He's the kind of crabber we like."
  • The boat was worth something to the crabber, however.
  • "How much longer, ser mage?" asked Dorfal, the young armsman and former crabber, his voice low.
  • He looked into becoming a commercial crabber, working in title insurance and as a bail bondsman.
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