dock-walloper
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- dock-walloping noun
Etymology
Origin of dock-walloper
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; dock 1 + walloper ( def. )
Example Sentences
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A swarthy, husky type with hot brown eyes and a mane of jet-black hair, she lives in a littered London flat, dresses like a dock-walloper and, while she works, sings arias from her favorite operas between puffs on a cigar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Far and away the gaudiest reflection in the Manhattan glass of fashion is a ponderous, Prussian-cut, 35-year-old professional Bourbon with a Barrymore profile, a dock-walloper's physique and the lacy name of Lucius Beebe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Plagued by his prison record, Danny has drifted in and out of jobs �clerk, waiter, dock-walloper�with the police ever tagging his footsteps.
From Time Magazine Archive
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