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dockhand

noun
dock·​hand | \ ˈdäk-ˌhand How to pronounce dockhand (audio) \

Definition of dockhand

: longshoreman
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Synonyms for dockhand

Synonyms

docker [chiefly British], dockworker, longshoreman, roustabout, rouster, stevedore

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Examples of dockhand in a Sentence

a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands

Recent Examples on the Web

 Just stepping onto the log from the dock, then maintaining balance as the log was pushed out into the water by dockhands with poles, looked like a challenge. — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, "Where else can you watch log rolling, a herring toss and Fools on Spools?," 19 Aug. 2017

First Known Use of dockhand

1920, in the meaning defined above

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