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Definition of dockworker
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Examples of dockworker in a Sentence
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
Recent Examples of dockworker from the Web
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There, dockworkers removed each item from the pallet and stowed it.
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The grandson of a dockworker, according to French media, Philippe is a boxer and, like Macron, graduated from France’s elite ENA, the National School of Administration.
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Lynch said dockworkers using six cranes planned to load and unload about 5,600 total cargo containers –
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In Oakland, dockworkers were expected to shut down the waterfront and rallies had been scheduled to take place along Bay Area Rapid Transit routes and near the city jail.
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Just as cranes replaced dockworkers but created related jobs for engineers and financiers, the theory goes, new technology has created new jobs for software developers and data analysts.
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In Oakland, dockworkers handled 64,110 TEUs of imports in February—a decline of 9.2% from the same period last year.
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In the Mississippi Territory, produce rotted in barns; in New England, dockworkers and sailors sat idle.
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A drawing for coveted part-time dockworker jobs at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports was abruptly postponed Monday after union officials suddenly pulled out, apparently because of a problem in the handling of interest cards from applicants.
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First Known Use of dockworker
1913
DOCKWORKER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of dockworker for English Language Learners
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: a person who loads and unloads ships at a port
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