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Meanings of dockhand in English

Portuguese
estivador
Catalan
carregador
Spanish
estiba

A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.

      estivador
      Usage of dockhand in English
      1
      She ate like a dockhand, leaning over the plate and taking big forkfuls.
      A Sport and a Pastime
      2
      The poorest dockhand has a shirt!
      Agatha Webb
      3
      She swore like a dockhand as Cahal handed her down, and was rewarded by the amused crease of his eyes.
      The bone palace
      4
      We'll tell you what to say to convince others that you understand how a spacefolder works, as much as a dockhand needs to know.
      Mentats of Dune
      5
      Fishermen and dockhands appeared on the bank beside me, forming a chain with a thick rope wound around their middles.
      The shifter
      Frequent collocations
      Translations for dockhand
      Portuguese
      estivador
      Spanish
      estiba
      Dockhand through the time