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spear
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spear something out (of something)
to bring something forth from something by sticking it with something sharp and pulling. Richard spears pickles right out of the jar with a fork. He speared out a pickle.
See also: out

take the spear (in one's chest)

Sl. to accept full blame for something; to accept the full brunt of the punishment for something. The CFO got the short straw and had to take the spear in his chest. I sure didn't want to take the spear.
See also: take
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A 1993 survey of tribal spearers conducted by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), for example, found that those consuming an average number of walleye meals in the spring (the season of highest consumption) had intake rates ranging from 189.
Environmental justice in the tribal context: a madness to EPA's method by O'Neill, Catherine A. / Environmental Law
In came a small, mean, wizened-faced man of about 60, dressed in a black coat and hat, drab breeches and gaiters, and looking more like a decayed Methodist preacher than a spearer of imperial salmon," he wrote.
Fishy tales from the river bank; FARM & COUNTRY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Spearers were called "timber niggers" and Indian women were spit on.
The centrality of Native Americans to Green philosophy and practice. ... by Whaley, Rick / Synthesis/Regeneration
 
 
 
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