Definitions
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- noun A man who works on the
deck of aship .
Etymologies
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deck + -man
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Examples
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But upon it fell Tedge and the engineer, stamping, shouting, shoving oil-soaked waste upon it, and covertly blocking off the astounded black deckman when he rushed to aid.
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