Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.”
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Dockworker
Synonyms for "dockworker" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (7)
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4 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- до́кер noun (worker at a dock)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 碼頭工人 /码头工人 noun (worker at a dock)
Czech
1 entries- dokař noun (worker at a dock)
Finnish
3 entries- ahtaaja noun (worker at a dock)
- satamatyöläinen noun (worker at a dock)
- satamatyöntekijä noun (worker at a dock)
French
1 entries- docker noun (worker at a dock)
German
1 entries- Hafenarbeiter noun (worker at a dock)
Irish
1 entries- dugaire noun (worker at a dock)
Italian
1 entries- stivatore noun (worker at a dock)
Japanese
1 entries- 港湾労働者 noun (worker at a dock)
Macedonian
1 entries- докер noun (worker at a dock)
Polish
2 entries- doker noun (worker at a dock)
- portowiec noun (worker at a dock)
Portuguese
1 entries- estivador noun (worker at a dock)
Romanian
1 entries- docher noun (worker at a dock)
Russian
3 entries- до́кер noun (worker at a dock)
- порто́вый гру́зчик noun (worker at a dock)
- порто́вый рабо́чий noun (worker at a dock)
Swedish
1 entries- hamnarbetare noun (worker at a dock)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khuân vác noun (worker at a dock)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The East Coast dockworkers understand what’s happening around the world.
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