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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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The jobs reflected in the survey include dockworkers, stevedores, truck drivers, financing and administrative positions.—
Tom Hudson,
Sun Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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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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In the late Eighties, Mom and I moved with my stepfather, George, a longshoreman, to his apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, the west side of midtown Manhattan.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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Finish the night at Sunny’s Bar, a neighborhood institution that first served longshoremen more than 100 years ago.—
Ellen Carpenter,
AFAR Media,
17 July 2025
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However, cargo operations were temporarily suspended at Pier G while responders worked to ensure the safety of dockworkers and other port personnel.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Automation had been a central point of contention in the two-year contract negotiations between the East and Gulf Coast port dockworkers’ union and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX).—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Docker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docker. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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