"deckie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deckies [plural]
Etymology: deck + -ie Etymology templates: {{suf|en|deck|ie}} deck + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} deckie (plural deckies)
  1. (informal, nautical) A deckhand. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1971, James Wood, The Friday Run (page 47)",
          "text": "I used to know a deckie in Hull that got a double rupture because he forgot to saw the castors off […]"
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