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tackle porter

tackle porter is the alternative form 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

Forms of tackle porter

pluraltackle porters

Questions about tackle porter

What is tackle porter the alternative form of?
Tackle porter is the alternative form of tackle-porter.

Words near tackle porter in the dictionary

  1. tackle football
  2. tackle for loss
  3. tackle house
  4. tackle houses
  5. tackle on
  6. tackle porter
  7. tackle porters
  8. tackle twill
  9. tackle twills
  10. tackle-house
  11. tackle-houses

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