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单词 wharf lumper
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Definition of wharf lumper in English:

wharf lumper

noun
Australian dated
  • A person employed at a port to load and unload ships.

    the wharf lumper might work for ten weeks on the wharf, and have 42 weeks' unpaid leave
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A shearer is usually a navvy or wharf lumper as well.
    • It was six shillings per hour for wharf lumpers.
    • The old man was a wharf-lumper once on a time.
    • He has no more taste than a wharf-lumper for quality in a painting.
    • He was a wharf lumper on the Sydney waterfront.
    • His cousin was a young wharf lumper employed at Fremantle.
    • The respondent was a wharf lumper and was injured while in the applicant's employment.
    • This smart wharf-lumper fetches cascara-beans on board.
    • The wharf-lumper receives more than the country school-teacher.
    • A heavily built wharf-lumper was a witness in the case.
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