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Noun: dockworker  'dók,wur-ku(r)
  1. A labourer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    - stevedore, loader, longshoreman [N. Amer], docker [Brit], dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper, wharfie [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: dock workers, dockworkers

Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn]

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