Dockhand and Docker

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Dockhand noun - One who loads and unloads ships at a port.

Usage example: a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands

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Docker is a synonym for dockhand. (British) In some cases you can use "Docker" instead a noun "Dockhand".

Docker noun - One who loads and unloads ships at a port.

Usage example: dockers threatened to go on strike and shut down all shipping on the Thames

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Dockhand is a synonym for docker. You can use "Dockhand" instead a noun "Docker".

Nearby Words: dock, docked

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