deck hand
Example Sentences
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He works as a deck hand, helping to load coal onto river barges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
The deck hand went onto the deck to close the yacht's windows.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
Huynh was hired as a deck hand but served as the vessel’s de facto captain, Dysart said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
For a couple of years in the 1960s, he worked as a deck hand on the state ferries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
September 15, 1867, I saved a colored man who was a deck hand on the propeller Meteor.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
