Definitions
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
Word origin
From deck + hand.
Used in a sentence
“Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.”
“You deckhand for Old Sam in the summer, you guide climbers up the Big Bump in the spring, you can skin a Cat, mine for gold, butcher a moose, fix an engine.”
“I deckhanded on a fish boat for four years and knew no fisherman likes to be called out of the blue and have his numbers demanded!”
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01“Ship crew member”8 letters
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