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watersider

British  
/ ˈwɔːtəˌsaɪdə /

noun

  1. a wharf labourer

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Was a watersider, so dirty in habits that watersiders complained.

From Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health by New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders

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