deckhand
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Is deckhand a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of deckhand?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
2. (theater) A stagehand.Examples: "Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play."
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.Examples: "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!"; "Years later, I met a guy who had deckhanded on her after I did, and he was a little more equivocal."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary