"dockie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dockies [plural]
Etymology: From dock + -ie (forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with the suffixed noun). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|dock|-ie|pos2=forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with the suffixed noun}} dock + -ie (forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with the suffixed noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dockie (plural dockies)
  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A dockworker. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial Synonyms: docker

Inflected forms

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