Associations to the word «Deckhand»

Wiktionary

DECKHAND, noun. (nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.

Dictionary definition

DECKHAND, noun. A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope