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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He turned to the wharfinger, who was pulling leisurely at his pipe.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
My father, then some time deceased, had been a wharfinger at Liverpool, and it was quite possible that Mahmoud might have found himself at that port.
From George Walker at Suez by Trollope, Anthony
Isabel prepared the remains of the feast for Mr. Clatt, and asked Sugihara if he would object to relieving the watch, that the wharfinger might snatch a few hours' sleep.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Mr. Winkle is a wharfinger, Sir, at the canal, sir.
From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles
Close to the latter stand the new supreme court, the old age and accident state insurance offices, the chief custom house, and the concert hall, founded by Karl Laeisz, a former Hamburg wharfinger.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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