wharfinger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wharfinger
1545–55; wharfage + -er 1, with -n- as in passenger, messenger, etc.
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The wharfinger saluted them, William Ammidon joined his wife, and beyond she could see James Saltonstone conversing with the Surveyor of the Port.
From Java Head by Joseph Hergesheimer
They had come there six years previously, on the death of Mr Shuckleford, a respectable wharfinger, who had saved up money enough to leave his wife a small annuity.
From Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
They had reached the wharf office by this time, and were readily admitted by the wharfinger and given a place at the back end.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by James Elverson
Mr. Winkle is a wharfinger, Sir, at the canal, sir.
From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
She've a-married a wharfinger in a good way o' business.
From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by John Finnemore
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