DOCK-WALLOPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dock-walloper mean? 

• DOCK-WALLOPER (noun)
  The noun DOCK-WALLOPER has 1 sense:

1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

  Familiarity information: DOCK-WALLOPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOCK-WALLOPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dock-walloper; dock worker; docker; dockhand; dockworker; loader; longshoreman; lumper; stevedore

Hypernyms ("dock-walloper" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)