dockhand

[ dok-hand ]

noun

1. a dockworker.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dockhand¹

First recorded in 1915–20; dock ¹ + hand

Example Sentences

He was just “a sick old man” who talked like a dockhand and indulged in hyperbole.

From Los Angeles Times

We asked a dockhand where the jail was, and he told us straight up Union.

From Literature

He dropped out of college and drifted to New York, where he worked as a dockhand, dance-hall bouncer, bodyguard and dish washer before returning to Florida in 1957 and enrolling in acting classes.

From Seattle Times

He dropped out of college and drifted to New York, where he worked as a dockhand, dance-hall bouncer, bodyguard and dish washer before returning to Florida in 1957 and enrolling in acting classes.

From Seattle Times

In turn, stevedores and dockhands and clerks furnished him with information and he scooped up the rascals on the threshold of deliverance.

From Literature