| 释义 |
wharfie Austral. and N.Z. colloq.|ˈhwɔːfɪ|
[f. wharf n.1 + -ie.]
A wharf-labourer; a stevedore or docker.
1912Lone Hand 1 May 40 The best testimonial to Hughes' ability is the fact that he has so often swayed the unruly ‘wharfies’, and controlled their organisation for so long. 1926J. Devanny Lenore Divine vii. 47 Imagine Holly haranguing the wharfies from the soap⁓box. 1928Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Mar. 12/1 'Twas Bill the wharfie grinned and stuck his hook into his belt. 1938W. E. Dexter Rope Yarns 234 Ships arrived [at Melbourne] with general cargo—oddments from a needle to an anchor—and were looked upon as legitimate prey by the warfies and lumpers. 1949D. M. Davin Roads from Home 226 They..watched the wharfies unloading. 1963B. Pearson Coal Flat xx. 355 Sid Holland would put those bloody wharfies and miners in their place. 1978B. Mason in Islands (N.Z.) Aug. 18 But one of his wharfie mates had given him a ticket for his birthday. 1981National Times (Austral.) 25–31 Jan. 24/2 A lazy wharfie would be known as ‘the Judge’ because he was always sitting on a case, and another ‘the London Fog’ because he would never lift. |