deckhand

[ UK /dˈɛkhænd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

How To Use deckhand In A Sentence

  • The deckhand pocketed the bill and, seconds later, vanished down a hatch. CORMORANT
  • He first started entertaining the other deckhands with his harmonica and then added the guitar.
  • The Cowboy was already there, arguing with a young deckhand. CORMORANT
  • Jeff Twaddle, 54, a deckhand on the charter boat Gale Force, based out of the Rainbow Marina near the Port of Long Beach, died on a fishing trip Friday after he put the fish in his mouth as a joke for the 20 kids on-board while out on the water, authorities said. 
 Joke Turns Lethal; Angler Chokes On Bait
  • After months of scoping out other boats and touring shipyards, Mr. Mackay was surprised to learn that many deckhands on yachts were mere "backpackers" hired "off the street. Ahoy, Billionaires:
  • On the ship's forward end, most of the deckhands, deckwatch and wheelsmen lived in the forecastle, while the mates shared cabins in the stout steel deckhouse.
  • For two years I had to crew as a deckhand on a trawler so we could keep the business going.
  • The son of a farm worker, Cook came to the sea relatively late in life, signing on as a deckhand at the age of 18 and not joining the Royal Navy until almost a decade later. Man On a Quest
  • He said the impact of the giant wave had sent a deckhand crashing across the cabin and into a window.
  • As well, they already have the necessary certificates to obtain well-paid jobs as deckhands, wheelsmen or mechanical assistants who one day may become navigation or mechanic officers.
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