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.
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
Alhonna is the genesis of the crime drama, where screenwriter Bill Dubuque worked as a dockhand in his youth at the comfortable, somewhat dated, lake retreat.
—Mike and Wendy Pramik, cleveland, 7 July 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
Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
Alhonna is the genesis of the crime drama, where screenwriter Bill Dubuque worked as a dockhand in his youth at the comfortable, somewhat dated, lake retreat.
—Mike and Wendy Pramik, cleveland, 7 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockhand
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Background players in period costume — an ill-fitting brown suit, a longshoreman’s jacket (no berets, thankfully) — walked back and forth holding a briefcase, a cigarette and a shopping bag (no baguettes, thankfully).Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the West Coast.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
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What do port workers do? Longshoremen, also referred to as stevedores, handle cargo from incoming ships.Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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Joy is not what many Americans feel this first week of October as war comes to the Middle East, survivors of Hurricane Helene deal with the wreckage, and the first dockworkers’ strike since 1977 for several days stopped half the nation’s ocean shipping.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 5 Oct. 2024
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However, the distortions could be less severe than initially expected: Late yesterday, an agreement was reached and the massive dockworkers strike was suspended to allow for further negotiations.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Dockhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockhand. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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