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dockworker

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

Equivalents

Françaisdocker
DeutschHafenarbeiter
Portuguêsestivador
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Examples

“Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.””
“The East Coast dockworkers understand⟳ what’s happening around the world.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dockworking docky docky time Dockyard dockyardman doco

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