lighterman
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And her grandfather was cross enough himself; for he was afraid that he had done something foolish, and broken with the lighterman.
From The Pilot and his Wife by Lie, Jonas Lauritz Idemil
If a shipman shall have been originally a lighterman, none the less he shall remain permanently among those among whom it shall appear that his parents had been.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
After old Jacob had fallen into ill health, lighterman Kristiansen used to come out oftener to Torungen with provisions and other necessaries; and his visits now became periodical.
From The Pilot and his Wife by Lie, Jonas Lauritz Idemil
Their suspicions were fully confirmed therein by the lighterman who saw Billings and Wood throw the same into the dock, as before mentioned.
From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Hayward, Arthur L.
“You see, your genuine lighterman ain’t a lively sort of a chap, the natur’ of his profession won’t lot him be; for he’s always doing things in a quiet, slow, easy-going fashion.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville
The company employed lightermen - workers who used flat-bottomed barges to move goods between ships and quays - and they would pull up to collect their wages from 41 Rotherhithe Street.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023
"And now, Captain Morena," said Morris, "just walk on deck and explain matters to your people, and then I'll show you how fast a Yankee crew and Mexican lightermen can unload a contrabandista."
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)
All the firemen in London must be watermen or lightermen.
From City Scenes or a peep into London by Darton, William
These were the wherry or watermen, the lightermen, bargemen, keelmen, trowmen and canal-boat dwellers frequenting mainly the inland waterways of the country.
From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
A gang of riggers, stevedores, or lightermen work the vessel into the stream.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
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