Get to know Dockworker better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like labourer or laborer.
Dockworker meaning
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
Synonyms of Dockworker
Using Dockworker
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
- Useful related words include: stevedore, labourer, manual laborer, laborer.
Context around Dockworker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dockworker
- In this selection, "dockworker" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pug, popular and timothy stand out and add context to how "dockworker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a popular dockworker into an and and local dockworker. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dockworker" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dockworker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her first marriage was in 1941, to Benny Kornegay, a convicted drug dealer and local dockworker. (16 words)
Terry is used to coax Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner), a popular dockworker, into an ambush, preventing Joey from testifying against Friendly before the Crime Commission. (25 words)
In an early draft, the Terry Malloy character was not an ex-pug dockworker but a cynical investigative reporter, as well as an older, divorced man. (26 words)
Another dockworker, Timothy J. "Kayo" Dugan (Pat Henning), who agrees to testify after Father Barry promises unwavering support, ends up dead after Friendly arranges for him to be crushed by a load of whiskey in a staged accident. (38 words)
In an early draft, the Terry Malloy character was not an ex-pug dockworker but a cynical investigative reporter, as well as an older, divorced man. (26 words)
Terry is used to coax Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner), a popular dockworker, into an ambush, preventing Joey from testifying against Friendly before the Crime Commission. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
Another dockworker, Timothy J. "Kayo" Dugan (Pat Henning), who agrees to testify after Father Barry promises unwavering support, ends up dead after Friendly arranges for him to be crushed by a load of whiskey in a staged accident.
Her first marriage was in 1941, to Benny Kornegay, a convicted drug dealer and local dockworker.
In an early draft, the Terry Malloy character was not an ex-pug dockworker but a cynical investigative reporter, as well as an older, divorced man.
Terry is used to coax Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner), a popular dockworker, into an ambush, preventing Joey from testifying against Friendly before the Crime Commission.