網あみ子こ

noun

traditional employed fisherman; fisherman working for a master

Historical term for a fisherman who provided labor to a net owner (網元) in exchange for equipment, a share of the catch, and sometimes lodging. The reading あご is a dialectal or variant pronunciation.

See also: 網元

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、網あみ子こは網あみ元もとに雇やとわれて漁りょうに出でた。

  In the Edo period, amiko went fishing employed by a net owner.

• この地ち域いきでは、昔むかしは網あみ子ことして働はたらく若わか者ものが多おおかった。

  In this region, there used to be many young men working as amiko.