wharfie

wharfie
A wharf labourer or stevedore.

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  • Wharfie — dock worker …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • wharfie — I Australian Slang dock worker II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) stevedore …   English dialects glossary

  • wharfie — stevedore …   Kiwi (New Zealand slang)

  • wharfie — noun Austral./NZ informal a dock labourer …   English new terms dictionary

  • wharfie — wharf·ie …   English syllables

  • wharfie — /ˈwɔfi / (say wawfee) noun Colloquial a wharf labourer. Also, wharfy …  

  • wharfie — n. Austral. & NZ colloq. a waterside worker; a wharf labourer …   Useful english dictionary

  • As thick as a wharfie's sandwich — dopey …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • as thick as a wharfie's sandwich — Australian Slang dopey …   English dialects glossary

  • Stevedore — Docker redirects here. For other uses, see Docker (disambiguation). Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River. Photograph by Lewis Hine, c.1912 Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer,… …   Wikipedia

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