wharf laborer

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• wharf labourer — /ˈwɔf leɪbərə/ (say wawf laybuhruh) noun a labourer employed to load and unload vessels in port. Also, wharf laborer, wharf lumper …  

• roustabout — /rowst euh bowt /, n. 1. a wharf laborer or deck hand, as on the Mississippi River. 2. an unskilled laborer who lives by odd jobs. 3. a circus laborer who helps in setting up and taking down the tents and in caring for the animals, equipment, and …   Universalium

• roustabout — n 1. dock worker, wharf laborer, lumper, dock walloper, longshoreman, Naut. deck hand; stevedore, cargo loader; circus worker. 2. unskilled laborer, common laborer U.S. roughneck …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• roustabout — roust•a•bout [[t]ˈraʊst əˌbaʊt[/t]] n. 1) a wharf laborer or deck hand 2) a circus laborer who helps to set up tents, care for the animals, etc 3) any unskilled laborer, esp. one working in an oil field • Etymology: 1865–70 …   From formal English to slang

• Alan Villiers — Captain Alan John Villiers (23 September 1903 – 3 March 1982) was an author, adventurer, photographer and Master Mariner.Born in Melbourne, Australia, he first went to sea at 15 and sailed all the world s oceans on board traditionally rigged… …   Wikipedia

• roustabout — Synonyms and related words: bakehead, black gang, blue collar worker, boilerman, breadwinner, bungs, cabin boy, casual, casual laborer, chips, commissary steward, common laborer, complement, day laborer, deckhand, deckie, docker, dockhand,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Blackwells Mills Canal House — The Blackwells Mills Canal House is located at Blackwells Mills Road Canal Road in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey on the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Across the canal is Blackwells Mills, New Jersey.The house was built around 1835 …   Wikipedia

• rat — ratlike, adj. /rat/, n., interj., v., ratted, ratting. n. 1. any of several long tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 2. any of various similar or related… …   Universalium

• painter — An artisan. One who paints houses and other structures; a “laborer” for the purposes of an exemption from execution. 31 Am J2d Exemp § 20. An artist. A rope for tying a boat to a wharf …   Ballentine's law dictionary