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dockworker

[dok-wur-ker]

noun

  1. a person employed on the docks dock of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dockworker1

First recorded in 1920–25; dock 1 + worker
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Example Sentences

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In Pisa, a group with brightly coloured flares stormed the airport runway, halting flights for a time, while in Naples dockworkers blockaded the port.

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Alongside carpenters and nurses and dockworkers, there were also representatives from a cadre of entertainment industry unions representing actors, writers and production workers.

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The two ports are the largest in the country and provide jobs for thousands of dockworkers, heavy equipment operators and truck drivers.

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“The dockworkers and warehouse workers, they are the fabric of the harbor.”

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The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike over wages and the use of automation, shutting down major seaports.

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