wharfinger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wharfinger
1545–55; wharfage + -er 1, with -n- as in passenger, messenger, etc.
Example Sentences
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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 Hergesheimer, Joseph
They had reached the wharf office by this time, and were readily admitted by the wharfinger and given a place at the back end.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by Elverson, James
A slow, sonorous voice was proclaiming aloud that victory had been adjudged to Stephen Kiesslinger, born in the burg of Antwerp, son of a wharfinger in that town.
From Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Harraden, Beatrice
A slow, sonorous voice was proclaiming aloud that victory had been adjudged to Stephan Kiesslinger, born in the burgh of Antwerp, son of a wharfinger in that town.
From Stories of Childhood by Johnson, Rossiter
Nothing further was said about the affair, though both of them devoted more than a little anxious thought to it, until one morning they were summoned before the head wharfinger.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
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