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Definition of "dockhand" []

  • A dockworker; a longshoreman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dockhand" in a sentence
  • "Legend has a dockhand making the rounds of the moored fishing boats and crying out, "Chip in, chip in"—which in a heavy Italian accent became "cioppino"—while gathering the makings of the common daily meal."
  • "He was built more like a dockhand than a descendant of local aristocracy."
  • "I could never see Dr. Sofen making some crack about how she paraphrased "has to hurry back for some marathon sex with a dockhand.""