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British non-derogative slang for a dock worker, i.e. someone who loads and unloads ships and performs various other jobs required at a sea port. A docker is expected to be physicially strong and able to follow orders.

Traditionally, a docker would have no fixed job and turn up at the docks in the morning hoping to find someone willing to employ him (dockers are almost exclusively male) for the day. Due to changes in employment laws, jobs have become either permanent or they have been to converted to temping jobs.

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Docker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (145 words)
	British non-derogative slang for a dock worker, i.e.
	A docker is expected to be physicially strong and able to follow orders.
	Traditionally, a docker would have no fixed job and turn up at the docks in the morning hoping to find someone willing to employ him (dockers are almost exclusively male) for the day.

Colorado Daily News (653 words)
	Docker said he is one of the "technocrats" that Churchill described in his essay, and by saying these people deserved to die, Churchill is calling for "the death of people just like me."
	Docker does not call for violence against Churchill, but said it is unacceptable for him to be paid by a state-funded institution and to be teaching young people.
	She pointed out to Docker that there have been a recent string of racially motivated incidents on campus and his use of the n-word is particularly hurtful.

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