dockhand


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dock·hand

 (dŏk′hănd′)
n.
A dockworker; a longshoreman.
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dockhand

(ˈdɒkˌhænd)
n
(Professions) a labourer at a shipping dock
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Noun1.dockhand - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a portdockhand - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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Stack first joined Freedom Boat Club in October of 2018 as a dockhand at the St.
You smell the lingering fumes of Avgas as you look out the window and catch a glimpse of the dockhand giving the pilot a thumbs up as he throws clear the mooring ropes.
He dropped out of college and drifted to New York, where he worked as a dockhand, dance-hall bouncer, bodyguard and dish washer before returning to Florida in 1957 and enrolling in acting classes at Palm Beach Junior College.
Born in Toxteth in 1934, Ronnie's interest in martial arts can be traced back to his life as young boy working on the docks in Garston, after being befriended by a mysterious Japanese dockhand.
Her first jobs as a dockhand and sailing instructor set her on an ocean-themed career.
Ellison Air only operates during the summer months, so seasonally he hires a second pilot as well as a dockhand that helps with grounds maintenance, refueling, and basic upkeep at the business based at Lake Hood in Anchorage.
He initially found work as a dockhand but soon realized his true calling as a vintner.
The middle section of this work, "Tropics" (subtitled "Shore Excursions" and set in Martinique), featured Dunham dancing in her celebrated "Woman with Cigar" role; one critic described the scenario thusly: Dunham "meets dockhand and flirts with him and his companions." (58) The dockhand in question was danced by the aforementioned Archie Savage.
'They walked with vigour and spring--indeed with a sort of swagger moving more from the hip than the English dockhand and less with that weary lurch of the shoulders ...
A stint as a dockhand in Prince Rupert led to trapping.
Wright, the Mail Handlers' financial officer and another former dockhand, is twelve years older than Berrien and a little less refined.
Born in Toxteth in 1934, Ronnie's interest in martial arts can be traced back to his life working on the docks in Garston, after being befriended by a mysterious Japanese dockhand. Museum of Liverpool, Mann Island, 0151 478 4545, - ends TBC Ryoichi Kurokawa: unfold 'Feel the Universe' at this unique and sensory exhibition from acclaimed Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa.