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deckie

deckie noun: a deckhand.

Noun

deckie (plural deckies)

  1. (informal) A deckhand.
    • I used to know a deckie in Hull that got a double rupture because he forgot to saw the castors off […]1971, James Wood, The Friday Run, page 47

Forms of deckie

pluraldeckies

Origin of deckie

deck + -ie

Questions about deckie

What does deckie mean?
Deckie means a deckhand.
What part of speech is deckie?
Deckie is a noun.
What is the plural of deckie?
The plural of deckie is deckies.

Words near deckie in the dictionary

  1. deckhands
  2. deckhead
  3. deckheads
  4. deckhouse
  5. deckhouses
  6. deckie
  7. deckies
  8. decking
  9. decking out
  10. decking over
  11. decking up

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