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tackle-porters

tackle-porters is the plural of tackle-porter.

Meaning of tackle-porter

Noun

tackle-porter (plural tackle-porters)

  1. A porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.
    • And it was likewise enacted "that all and every the tackle-house and ticket-porter and porters should execute a bond with two good and sufficient sureties to the said governor for the time being, in the penalty of 100l., conditioned for paying, making good, and reimbursing to any merchant or...1843, John Scott, Scott's New Reports in the Court of Common Pleas, page 47

Questions about tackle-porters

What is tackle-porters the plural of?
Tackle-porters is the plural of tackle-porter.

Words near tackle-porters in the dictionary

  1. tackle twill
  2. tackle twills
  3. tackle-house
  4. tackle-houses
  5. tackle-porter
  6. tackle-porters
  7. tackleable
  8. tacklebox
  9. tackleboxes
  10. tackled
  11. tacklee

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