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factory trawler

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factory ship

–noun
1. a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
2. Also called factory trawler. a large fishing vessel, usually a stern trawler, equipped for processing and freezing fish at sea.

Origin:
1925–30
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