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Dockhand

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stevedorenounA dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
dockernounSynonym of dockworker.
lumpernounAn extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship.
longshoremannoun(US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed.
dock-wallopernouna laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
dock workernounAlternative form of dockworker. [A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.]
loadernoun(computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.

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dockernounSynonym of dockworker.
stevedorenounA dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
longshoremannoun(US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed.
lumpernounAn extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship.
loadernoun(computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.
dock-wallopernouna laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
dock workernounAlternative form of dockworker. [A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.]
dockienoun(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A dockworker.
dockyardmannounA laborer employed in a dockyard.
docketernounOne who dockets.
docksidernounA boat shoe often used as casual footwear.
dockworkingnounWork at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.
dockmistressnounA female dockmaster.
dockagenoun(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
deckynoun(nautical) Alternative form of deck hand.
docknounAny of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
deckienoun(informal, nautical) deckhand
dabsternounAn expert; one who is master of their profession.
drydocknoun(nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
dry docknounAlternative spelling of drydock [(nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.]

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