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But a year later he was back home in New Orleans and back on the docks, handling freight on ships bound for the Gulf of Mexico.

Tommy "used to work on the docks" but because the "union's been on strike, he's down on his luck".

When the ship docks, the “property” is scooped up by a sleazy slave merchant (Paul Giamatti), and sold at auction.

The heart of the new city is right on the water, on the formerly abandoned docks of La Joliette.

On the New York docks, the book's protagonist, Willie Keith, gives a little speech.

I can't go around docks without a boat, and I hain't got none.

Thereafter he went into a contemplative frame of mind to the docks, and found Sam Blake as usual in his bunk.

It was interesting to see the piles of berry crates loaded upon the steamer from the docks extending out into the lake.

There were lots of big ships at the docks, and I asked a man, with a great big beard, to take me too.

The vessel with which she collided was her sister ship which had lain alongside of her in London Docks.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to docks, such as: harbor, seaport, wharf, anchorage, boatyard, and dockage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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