Dock worker

/dˈɒk wˈɜːkə/

/dˈɑːk wˈɜːkɚ/

Dock worker

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Examples

1. The dock worker who wrote novels.

2. After the war, he finds himself in Marseilles as a dock worker.

3. These are dock workers who went on strike in Los Angeles last month because of the introduction of machinery in the harbor in which they work.

4. I don't know if you have ever seen a dock worker, like when the ship arrives.