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Deckhand

//ˈdɛkˌhænd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
2
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor wordnet
3
A stagehand.
"Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play."

Verb

1
To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew. intransitive
"You deckhand for Old Sam in the summer, you guide climbers up the Big Bump in the spring, you can skin a Cat, mine for gold, butcher a moose, fix an engine."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From deck + hand.

Etymology 2

From deck + hand.

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