deckhand

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkˌhænd/

Etymology: From deck + hand.

A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
A stagehand.
“Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.”

Etymology: From deck + hand.

To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
“You deckhand for Old Sam in the summer, you guide climbers up the Big Bump in the spring, you can skin a Cat, mine for gold, butcher a moose, fix an engine.”
“I deckhanded on a fish boat for four years and knew no fisherman likes to be called out of the blue and have his numbers demanded!”