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dockhand

noun

ˈdäk-ˌhand

Definition of dockhand

as in longshoreman

one who loads and unloads ships at a port a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands

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Recent Examples of dockhand Two of the eight tainted Tylenol bottles came from Jewel stores in the northwest suburbs, though neither had passed through the Melrose Park warehouse where Arnold had long worked for Jewel as a dockhand. — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022 Just stepping onto the log from the dock, then maintaining balance as the log was pushed out into the water by dockhands with poles, looked like a challenge. — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 19 Aug. 2017

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Saint played Edie Doyle, whose brother was murdered by thugs working for a mob boss running a longshoremen's union; her character becomes involved with Brando's pugilistic dockworker Terry Malloy.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland, and Alfred Molina lead a buzzy revival of the Arthur Miller play — about a Red Hook longshoreman whose protectiveness toward his teenage niece metastasizes into violent obsession — at, of all places, La MaMa.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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On October 30, culture workers at the Venice Biennale went on strike in solidarity with a national general strike in Italy, and similar protests by dockworkers at over 110 ports all across the world.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2026
The international messaging has been reinforced by communist organizations that make no secret of their revolutionary objectives, using the dockworkers' campaign to advance a broader political struggle against capitalism.

— Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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