vraicker

English

Etymology

vraic +‎ -er

Noun

vraicker (plural vraickers)

  1. One who gathers vraic.
    Synonym: vraicqueur
    • 1844, Henry David Inglis, The Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Serk, Herm & Jethou:
      The carts proceed as far as the tide will allow them; and boats, containing four or six persons, carry the vraickers to those more distant rocks, which are unapproachable in any other way.
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