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dock-walloper

[ dok-wol-uh-per ]
/ ˈdɒkˌwɒl ə pər /
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noun Slang.
a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
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Origin of dock-walloper

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; dock1 + walloper

OTHER WORDS FROM dock-walloper

dock-wal·lop·ing, noun

Words nearby dock-walloper

dockland, dockmackie, dockmaster, dockominium, dockside, dock-walloper, dockworker, dockyard, Doc Martens, doco, docosahexaenoic acid
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How to use dock-walloper in a sentence

  • Bunter himself could not be expected to remember every casual dock walloper he might have had to do with.

    Tales Of Hearsay|Joseph Conrad

  • The sneaking dock-walloper, I'll take the starch out of him when we land!

    Parrot & Co.|Harold MacGrath
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