dockworker
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dockworker
noun dockworkers · dock worker
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A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.”
Similar: docker, stevedore, longshoreman, wharfie
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noun worker at a dock
| 日本語 | 港湾労働者 kōwan rōdōsha |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 碼頭工人 /码头工人 mǎtou gōngrén |
| Português | estivador |
| Français | docker |
| Deutsch | Hafenarbeiter |
| Italiano | stivatore |
| Română | docher |
| Русский | до́кер dóker, порто́вый рабо́чий portóvyj rabóčij, порто́вый гру́зчик portóvyj grúzčik |
| Tiếng Việt | khuân vác |
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title = {dockworker},
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