He went to sea as a deckhand at the age of fourteen.
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Deckhand
/ˈdɛkˌhænd/
Synonyms for "deckhand" (40 found)
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Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.
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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.
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I deckhanded on a fish boat for four years and knew no fisherman likes to be called out of the blue and have his numbers demanded!
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