deckien.
/ˈdɛki/ Nautical colloquial.
A deck-hand; = decker n.2 2a.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand
decker1800
deck-hand1844
roustabout1860
rouster1870
deck-boy1900
deckie1913
deckie-learner1934
1913 Q. Rev. Apr. 435 This ‘deckie’..has usually no more knowledge of seamanship than a ploughboy.
1927 Scots Observer 8 Jan. 2/3 One of the ‘deckies’ said he would manage the job.
1971 Daily Tel. 21 May (Colour Suppl.) 24/3 A young deckie sorts the arrivals [sc. fish] and throws them on to the ice.
Derivatives
deckie-learner n. an apprentice deck-hand on a fishing-boat.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand
decker1800
deck-hand1844
roustabout1860
rouster1870
deck-boy1900
deckie1913
deckie-learner1934
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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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