deckman

noun

deckman

noun

Etymology From deck + -man.

1

A man who works on the deck of a ship.

  • After he left baseball, Rhodes stayed in New York, living on Staten Island and working as a steerer, a deckman and a cook on tugboats.2009 June 19, Bruce Weber, “Dusty Rhodes, Star Pinch-Hitter in ’54 Series, Dies at 82”, in New York Times:

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