dockworker

Noun

Meaning

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

docker longshoreman stevedore lumper loader dock worker dockhand dock-walloper harbor jack mina harbour pier continuous labor

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Antonyms

idle shiftless unemployment

Hypernyms

jack laborer labourer manual laborer

Related terms

dockworking

Examples

Another dockworker, Timothy J. "Kayo" Dugan (Pat Henning), who agrees to testify after Father Barry promises unwavering support, ends up dead after Friendly arranges for him to be crushed by a load of whiskey in a staged accident. Source: Internet

In an early draft, the Terry Malloy character was not an ex-pug dockworker but a cynical investigative reporter, as well as an older, divorced man. Source: Internet

Her first marriage was in 1941, to Benny Kornegay, a convicted drug dealer and local dockworker. Source: Internet

Terry is used to coax Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner), a popular dockworker, into an ambush, preventing Joey from testifying against Friendly before the Crime Commission. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

docksider Dockstader Dockter dockworking docky docky time