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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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In the Mississippi Territory, produce rotted in barns; in New England, dockworkers and sailors sat idle.
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Williamson and several African-American dockworkers detained Wheeler while Still ushered Johnson and her children away to his home.
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Port facilities in Galveston, Corpus Christi, and elsewhere along the coast were also closed, and dockworkers were working to ensure loose cargo and equipment were secure.
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Only after repeated strikes on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts did port employers and longshore unions reach agreements in the early 1960s about payments to dockworkers displaced by the new technology.
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And even if the port is able to receive ships, flooded roads and railroads could prevent dockworkers, trucks and trains from unloading them.
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There, dockworkers removed each item from the pallet and stowed it.
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A Wilmington freight shipping company is accused of refusing to hire qualified women as dockworkers or loaders, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday.
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In all, there are about 14,000 dockworkers in the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex and thousands more casuals.
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First Known Use of dockworker
1913
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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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