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, 79, an epic figure in North Pacific fisheries who started his career as a deck hand on a crabber and went on to co-found Seattle-based Trident Seafoods, died Oct.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Huynh was hired as a deck hand but served as the vessel’s de facto captain, Dysart said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2018
He tried to hire out as deck hand, but his age was against him.
From The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln by Whipple, Wayne
