Compounding - Saltwater feedlot, Freshwater runoff, Ponytail, Sinking shrimp fleet, Oldtimer
Playful combinations & recombinations - Gulf shrimpers, the last cowboys of the sea (166). , Skinners as cowboys (165). , Gold rush days (166). , still pining for pastures before barbed wire (165). ,
Neologisms - marifarm, moneyed,
Recast (words in new roles) - trash, by-catch, juvenile, circus of boats, boats galloped, devouring one-celled algae (164). , They made a living but not a killing...(166). , winches, raising shrimp,
Puns - Sharpest cocktail sauce, stuck in my craw,
Verbs, Verbs, Verbs - Replenished,
