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Synonyms of dockhand
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
- a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands
Synonyms for dockhand
- docker
- [chiefly British],
- dockworker,
- longshoreman,
- roustabout,
- rouster,
- stevedore
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“Dockhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockhand. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of dockhand was in 1920
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