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
Chuck Bundrant, an epic figure in North Pacific fisheries who started his career as a deck hand on a crabber and went on to cofound Seattle-based Trident Seafoods, died Sunday at his Edmonds home.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2021
He eased the boat in and shut it down while deck hand Travis Richey grabbed a plastic whiffle ball bat with the end cut off.
From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2016
Captain is the general title, and is applied indiscriminately to the captain of a steamer, or to the deck hand on his vessel.
From The Expressman and the Detective by Pinkerton, Allan