deck hand
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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
For a couple of years in the 1960s, he worked as a deck hand on the state ferries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
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
I pulled up to the raft again, and succeeded in making my deck hand understand that he was to hold on to the rope attached to the boat.
From Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Oliver Optic
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