Dockworker

/dˈɒkwɜːkə/

/ˈdɑˌkwɝkɝ/

Dockworker

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Examples

1. Once dockworkers unload the container, a fleet of eighteen-wheelers transport the coffee to a nearby warehouse, and then to a roastery.

2. The dockworkers are sceptical.

3. So we must only visit pirate-friendly ports, with pirate-friendly dockworkers, mostly far away in the New World.

4. Luciano ally Albert Anastasia, who controlled the docks, allegedly promised no dockworker strikes during World War 2.