Definitions for dock-walloper
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dock′-wal`loper*(n.)
a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
Category: Status (usage)
* Slang..
Origin of dock-walloper:
1830–40, Amer.
dock′-wal`lop•ing(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper(noun)
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
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