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dock-walloper
[dok-wol-uh-per]
noun
Slang.
a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- dock-walloping noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dock-walloper1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; dock 1 + walloper ( def. )
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The sneaking dock-walloper, I'll take the starch out of him when we land!
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Well, among other things, I've been a dock-walloper, a beach-comber by force of circumstance, not above settling arguments with fists, or boots, or staves.
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