dock worker
dock worker is the alternative form of dockworker.
Meaning of dockworker
Noun
dockworker (plural dockworkers)
- A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
- Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.”2009 August 13, N. R. Kleinfield, “Dockworkers See Shoe on Other Foot After a Scandal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 May 2015
- Synonyms:
- docker, stevedore, longshoreman, wharfie
Forms of dock worker
| plural | dock workers |
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Questions about dock worker
- What is dock worker the alternative form of?
- Dock worker is the alternative form of dockworker.
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