wharfinger

[ hwawr-fin-jer, wawr- ]

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noun

wharfinger

/ ˈwɔːfɪndʒə /

1545–55; wharfage + -er ¹, with -n- as in passenger, messenger, etc.

C16: probably alteration of wharfager (see wharfage , -er ¹); compare harbinger

Phone the wharfinger's office and tell him he'll not regret taking a message down to the dock to Captain Murphy.

They had reached the wharf office by this time, and were readily admitted by the wharfinger and given a place at the back end.

The dock warrant was issued by the wharfinger as certificate that he held the goods.

Mr. Gibney stepped into the wharfinger's office and requested permission to use the telephone.

He turned to the wharfinger, who was pulling leisurely at his pipe.

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