Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. nautical A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
Examples
“The deckhand was the stoutest person on board, and he bore the octoroon to the deck in an instant, and wrenched the knife from his grasp.”
“Vanessa's character will reportedly be working as a "deckhand" on a cruise ship that's taken hostage by pirates, according to the mag.”
“Mr. Teschner, who has been through more than 20 winters as a deckhand, does not just cope with the cold.”
“That's the approach Kevin Teschner will take Monday morning at 5:30 when he starts his shift as a deckhand for NY Waterway, the ferry operator.”
“A deckhand was crushed between the aircraft and the superstructure and killed.”
“Jeff Twaddle, 54, a deckhand on the charter boat Gale Force, based out of the Rainbow Marina near the Port of Long Beach, died on a fishing trip Friday after he put the fish in his mouth as a joke for the 20 kids on-board while out on the water, authorities said. ”
“The son of a farm worker, Cook came to the sea relatively late in life, signing on as a deckhand at the age of 18 and not joining the Royal Navy until almost a decade later.”
“And the idea of a day or two of not being the Captain (and First Mate, and deckhand, and cook, and scullery maid) of the Good Ship Our House is just so, so, so compelling.”
“We are pretty rowdy," confirms Rose deckhand and designated hunk James Creel.”
“Shown here, Barry Driver is a deckhand on the fishing vessel "Norska" in Newport, Ore.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘deckhand’.
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Handy Words
List of words and phrases referring to the hand, hands, fist, or derivatives of the Latin manus, beginning with left-handed.
left-handed, double-fisted, fisticuffs, handy, right-handed, two-handed, manual, manumission, manuscript, manually, manustupration, manudiction and 164 more...
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The DEADLIEST Catch
All the words I keep hearing now that Season 4 has launched. WOOOO!!
Edit: Amended list to include other fishing terms (not necessarily crab-fishing, not necessarily heard on Deadliest...bering sea, launch, pot, bait, icy, dutch harbor, processing, greenhorn, coast guard, survival suit, opilio, king crab and 65 more...
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handie
handy compounds
beforehand, hamhanded, freehand, handicraft, handmade, handheld, handfull, handiwork, handsew, handmaid, handpicked, panhandle and 42 more...
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