DOCK WORKER
NOUNS – PERSON
1587 — HEAVER a labourer employed in landing goods at a dockyard
1740 — GANGSMAN a dock worker; a member of a company of riverside workers
1838 — DOCK-WALLOPER a labourer who works on docks or wharves, esp. a longshoreman → US sl.
1841 — GANGWAY MAN a person who loads and unloads a ship using a gangway
1887 — TEA-COOPER a workman at a dock who unloads tea and does any necessary repairs to the packing, etc.
1902 — YARDIE a dockyard labourer → Eng. dial.
1911 — WHARFIE a docker, a stevedore, or other wharf-worker → Aust. & NZ sl.
1926 — SEA-GULL a casual, non-union dock labourer → NZ sl.
1939 — DOCK MONKEY a worker who loads and unloads freight at a loading dock; a warehouse worker → US sl.
1963 — YARDBIRD a civilian dock worker in a naval dockyard → US sl.
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