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Meanings of dock-walloper in English

Portuguese
estivador
Catalan
carregador
Spanish
estiba

A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.

      estivador
      Usage of dock-walloper in English
      1
      The sneaking dock-walloper, I'll take the starch out of him when we land!
      Parrot & Co.
      2
      A beach-comber, a dock-walloper, if there ever was one.
      Parrot & Co.
      3
      A dock-walloper's idea; eh?
      Parrot & Co.
      4
      Well, among other things, I've been a dock-walloper, a beach-comber by force of circumstance, not above settling arguments with fists, or boots, or staves.
      Parrot & Co.
      5
      The wise will cross to the other side of the street when this burly dock- walloper of a font comes galumphing into view.
      The new yorker
      Translations for dock-walloper
      Portuguese
      estivador
      Spanish
      estiba