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docker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dock-walloper, dock worker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
| Type of | jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer |
| Derivation | dock |
Examples of docker
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To make matters worse, Preti's model for the saint was a humble Neapolitan docker.
From the economist.com
Ex-docker Frank Collinson, 72, was admitted to hospital following a fall in May 2009.
From the guardian.co.uk
Vic carried on this battle after losing his job as a docker as Royal Group closed down.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
This is a slim collection of humorous anecdotes culled from generations of docker families.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Not bad for a former docker who never learned to read or write.
From the thisiskent.co.uk
Doesn't mean that she doesn't sing like a pistol-whipped docker who's got his throat caught in a rusty mangle.
From the hecklerspray.com
Her grandfather was a Liverpool docker.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
His parents were William, a docker, and Emma Turner.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
In all, a West Coast docker could be making an extra $100 a week in wages and fringes by the end of the contract.
From the time.com
- Stevedore: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer and longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country.
- Dockers is a brand of khaki garments from Levi Strauss & Co.
- One who performs docking, as of tails; A dockworker
- A spiked roller used to pierce holed in dough before baking to eliminate air bubbles and allow steam to escape. Docking can also be done by poking holes in the pastry with a fork.
- Someone who works in the docks, usually unloading ships and moving goods on the quayside.
- A window containing available commands and settings relevant to a specific tool or task
- Unloaded cargo at a dockyard.
- A worker in the dockyards.
