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A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).
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A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).
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A small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.
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An English habitational surname from Old Norse.
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noun
One who performs docking, as of tails.
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One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
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noun
Synonym of dockworker.
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper
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Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
History
Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).
Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English docker From dock (verb) + -er.
Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English docker From dock (noun) + -er.
Across languages
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