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deckie Naut. colloq.|ˈdɛkɪ|
Also decky.
[f. deck n.1 + -ie.]
A deck-hand; = decker2 3 a. So deckie-learner, an apprentice deck-hand on a fishing-boat.
1913Q. Rev. Apr. 435 This ‘deckie’..has usually no more knowledge of seamanship than a ploughboy. 1934‘Taffrail’ Seventy North v. 113 He had passed through every grade—‘deckie-learner’, deck-hand.. and finally skipper. 1935‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas ii. 30 Alf making his first voyage as decky-learner. 1971Daily Tel. 21 May (Colour Suppl.) 24/3 A young deckie sorts the arrivals [sc. fish] and throws them on to the ice. |