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- noun Plural form of
docker .
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Examples
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The average all common laborers, outside the dockers, is less than $4 per week, while the dockers average from $2 to $2.25.
Wages 1903
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November 1st, 2007 at 1: 49 pm wwbd says: dockers is where it’s at. stain resistant and water-proof!
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His career was rocked in 1899 by a conspiracy between ice companies, dockers and the city government to create a monopoly in New York's ice supply.
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SF Tapered, $98, dockers.com; W Black Linen, $425, stubbsandwootton.com But away from the pool, marina or Amalfi Coast, the sockless look conveys a hint of non-conformity.
Grin and Bare It Darrell Hartman 2011
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"Then there's the white community," continued King, which he characterised as comprising "what one might describe as the old, white working-class, what remains of the dockers 'families," plus incomers attracted by the private rental sector and its convenience for work.
Tower Hamlets: Neil King, Peter Golds and the Conservative mayoral case Dave Hill 2010
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Have you ever seen the London dockers fighting like wild beasts for a chance to work?
Chapter 6 2010
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He lashed out at the strikers, who he said refuse to accept reality, singling out in particular the dockers, refinery workers and truck drivers who have disrupted gasoline distribution and led to pump closures.
France in turmoil as nationwide strike over pension reform stretches on Edward Cody 2010
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So don't get your dockers in a twists, Sarah Palin has been one big contridiction after another.
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He lashed out at the strikers, who he said refuse to accept reality, singling out in particular the dockers, refinery workers and truck drivers who have disrupted gasoline distribution and led to pump closures.
France in turmoil as nationwide strike over pension reform stretches on Edward Cody 2010
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Christened Henry James, Redknapp was born in Poplar, east London, the son and grandson of dockers.
Harry Redknapp: the people's manager | Observer profile 2012
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