dockhand

American  

[dok-hand] / ˈdɒkˌhænd /

noun

1. a dockworker.

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Etymology

Origin of dockhand

First recorded in 1915–20; dock ¹ + hand

Example Sentences

He was just “a sick old man” who talked like a dockhand and indulged in hyperbole.

From Los Angeles Times

We asked a dockhand where the jail was, and he told us straight up Union.

From Literature

He dropped out of college and drifted to New York, where he worked as a dockhand, dance-hall bouncer, bodyguard and dish washer before returning to Florida in 1957 and enrolling in acting classes.

From Seattle Times

He dropped out of college and drifted to New York, where he worked as a dockhand, dance-hall bouncer, bodyguard and dish washer before returning to Florida in 1957 and enrolling in acting classes.

From Seattle Times

He was a rambler out of South Carolina and found his way to slave catching after a hardscrabble sequence: dockhand, collection agent, gravedigger.

From Literature