wharfinger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wharfinger
1545–55; wharfage + -er 1, with -n- as in passenger, messenger, etc.
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"I wish you'd stay here a minute with Nettie Vollar," Jeremy told her, "while I see the wharfinger."
From Java Head by Joseph Hergesheimer
Mary was her name in our Lord, Lovel that of her father in the flesh, a respectable wharfinger of Bankside.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
His father held a good position, being a wharfinger and shipowner; he died, however, when his son was a child, without making provision for his wife, who had to pass some years in pinching poverty.
From Literary Byways by William Andrews
The wharfinger saluted them, William Ammidon joined his wife, and beyond she could see James Saltonstone conversing with the Surveyor of the Port.
From Java Head by Joseph Hergesheimer
The next witness called was William Kenneth, city dock wharfinger in the employ of Captain Ramwell.
From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith
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