dock-walloper

[dok-wol-uh-per]

noun

Slang.

1. a casual laborer about docks or wharves.

Other Word Forms

• dock-walloping noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dock-walloper¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; dock ¹ + walloper ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Well, among other things, I've been a dock-walloper, a beach-comber by force of circumstance, not above settling arguments with fists, or boots, or staves.

From Project Gutenberg