deck hand

deck hand

noun

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

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His lieutenant and deck-hand were killed and he himself wounded in three places, but he managed to embark 39 officers and men, and then backing out of the entrance got clear and just managed to reach the "Warwick."

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