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dockworking

dockworking noun: work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.

Noun

dockworking (uncountable)

  1. Work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.

Origin of dockworking

From dock + working.

Questions about dockworking

What does dockworking mean?
Dockworking means work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.
What part of speech is dockworking?
Dockworking is a noun.

Words near dockworking in the dictionary

  1. Docktor
  2. dockwalloper
  3. dockwallopers
  4. dockworker
  5. dockworkers
  6. dockworking
  7. docky
  8. docky time
  9. dockyard
  10. dockyardman
  11. dockyardmen

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