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单词 dockhand
释义

dockhand

noun

dock·​hand ˈdäk-ˌhand How to pronounce dockhand (audio)
: longshoreman

Synonyms

  • docker [chiefly British]
  • dockworker
  • longshoreman
  • roustabout
  • rouster
  • stevedore
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Example Sentences

a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands
Recent Examples on the Web Alhonna is the genesis of the crime drama, where screenwriter Bill Dubuque worked as a dockhand in his youth at the comfortable, somewhat dated, lake retreat. Mike And Wendy Pramik, cleveland, 7 July 2022 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, 19 Aug. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

dockhand

noun

as in rouster
one who loads and unloads ships at a port a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rouster
  • longshoreman
  • stevedore
  • docker
  • roustabout
  • dockworker
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