deckie

deckie

English

Etymology

deck +‎ -ie

Noun

deckie (plural deckies)

  1. (informal, nautical) A deckhand.
    • 1971, James Wood, The Friday Run, page 47:
      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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