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单词 dockhands
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

dockhands

noun

plural of dockhand
as in rousters
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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  • rousters
  • longshoremen
  • stevedores
  • dockworkers
  • dockers
  • roustabouts
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