"wharfwards" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From wharf + -wards.",
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          "ref": "1851, “The Lay of the London Wanderer”, in Punch, volume XXI, London, page 1:",
          "text": "Wharfwards in a cab I hurry, and the driver puts me down, […]",
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          "ref": "1898, Arthur Giles, “From Brotherhood to Brotherhood” (chapter I), in Across Western Waves and Home in a Royal Capital, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., page 14:",
          "text": "Innumerable lights studded the view, some occupying effective heights, and the brilliantly lit large ferryboats careered in their transit from point to point with great liveliness and precision, and gave kaleidoscopic variableness of form and colour, to which the Campania herself contributed in her stately search wharfwards for her berth.",
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          "ref": "1925 August 7, Paul J. Haaren, “Faatoai to Papeete—Personally Conducted”, in Yachting, volume XXXVIII, number II, page 34, column 1:",
          "text": "Yank. . . . The clutch goes into reverse. The water astern churns yellow. Pini flings the bow-line wharfwards — anywhere. It lands among the crowd on the wharf.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, “Kensington & Chelsea”, in Tom Lamont, editor, London for Londoners, Time Out Guides, page 144:",
          "text": "But pockets of the past remain — try Foxtrot Oscar (very British old-school wine bar). Finally, wharfwards, you'll find Chinese outpost Yi-Ban.",
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        "Towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf; wharfward."
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        "(rare) Towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf; wharfward."
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  "etymology_text": "From wharf + -wards.",
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          "ref": "1851, “The Lay of the London Wanderer”, in Punch, volume XXI, London, page 1:",
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          "ref": "1925 August 7, Paul J. Haaren, “Faatoai to Papeete—Personally Conducted”, in Yachting, volume XXXVIII, number II, page 34, column 1:",
          "text": "Yank. . . . The clutch goes into reverse. The water astern churns yellow. Pini flings the bow-line wharfwards — anywhere. It lands among the crowd on the wharf.",
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