as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
dockers threatened to go on strike and shut down all shipping on the Thames
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Recent Examples of docker
The West Ham dockers were based in the Royal Docks while their Millwall counterparts were based in the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe.
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The West Ham dockers were based in the Royal Docks while their Millwall counterparts were based in the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
By using the latest and greatest IT technology, a Kubernetes deployment running docker containers, Galaxy can scale comfortably to any customer’s particular needs.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Photos of equipment including a flour bench brush, a dough docker, and a kougelhopf mold can be found in the early pages.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Run the docker build command, which will create our image per a project-specific Dockerfile
And finally, push this new image to the container repository, where it can be later pulled down by ECS
Whew!
—Jason Marlin & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
Action by the Finnish port workers means Tesla vehicles or components destined to Swedish markets are not loaded by dockers, the union said in a statement.
—Sanne Wass, Fortune Europe, 7 Dec. 2023
Dishes not sanitized after washing, food debris on dough docker.
—Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2022
Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The West Ham dockers were based in the Royal Docks while their Millwall counterparts were based in the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
By using the latest and greatest IT technology, a Kubernetes deployment running docker containers, Galaxy can scale comfortably to any customer’s particular needs.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Photos of equipment including a flour bench brush, a dough docker, and a kougelhopf mold can be found in the early pages.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Run the docker build command, which will create our image per a project-specific Dockerfile
And finally, push this new image to the container repository, where it can be later pulled down by ECS
Whew!
—Jason Marlin & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
Action by the Finnish port workers means Tesla vehicles or components destined to Swedish markets are not loaded by dockers, the union said in a statement.
—Sanne Wass, Fortune Europe, 7 Dec. 2023
Dishes not sanitized after washing, food debris on dough docker.
—Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docker
Noun
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His father was a stevedore and his mother an autodidact who aspired to something better than the prefab house where her family lived.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.—
Michael Denning,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2015
Noun
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If there are more longshoremen than job orders, a portion of them will go without pay.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 June 2025
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If there are more longshoremen than job orders, a portion of workers will go without pay.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
Noun
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The upcoming increase in cargo into would at least help dockworkers at the ports collect regular payments.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
18 June 2025
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The caps proved popular with dockworkers, shipwrights and bandits, and, over time, the baker boy hat became synonymous with the newsboy cap (which was actually worn by boys working at newsstands).—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Docker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docker. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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