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docksider

docksider noun: a boat shoe often used as casual footwear.

docksider: a boat shoe often used as casual footwear
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Noun

docksider (plural docksiders)

  1. A boat shoe often used as casual footwear.
    • He was dressed in docksiders, khaki shorts and a pink polo shirt.
    • Snapper has a pair of black socks with his docksiders.2005, James Frey, My Friend Leonard, →ISBN
  2. A person who lives in or frequents a dockside area.
    • Because of this, relationships between docksiders often lack trust.2008, Henry Trotter, Sugar Girls & Seamen, →ISBN
    • Sheila was working the counter when I got there, and Pop was over at the tables with a couple of the docksiders, playing dominoes.2015, The Shores of Moses Lake Collection: Four Novels in One, →ISBN

Forms of docksider

pluraldocksiders

Origin of docksider

From dockside + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (habitational suffix).

Questions about docksider

What does docksider mean?
Docksider means a boat shoe often used as casual footwear.
What part of speech is docksider?
Docksider is a noun.
What is the plural of docksider?
The plural of docksider is docksiders.

Words near docksider in the dictionary

  1. dockplates
  2. Dockrell
  3. Dockrells
  4. docks
  5. dockside
  6. docksider
  7. docksiders
  8. docksides
  9. Dockstader
  10. Dockstaders
  11. Dockter

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