The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word STEVEDORE
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More clues leading to the result STEVEDORE
- Run into frantic devotees? He deals with loads
- Load the night before, first of deliveries in shop
- Dock worker rode out with street girl
- Worker in dock, first wife having died in warehouse
- One handling goods in shop interrupted by woman and daughter
- Member of harbour staff to deserve representation
- Jobs Act’s regarding job in shipyard
- Workman’s first wife died in supermarket
- Docker does exert, working shifts 10 to 5
- Dock worker to deserve rum
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The straight part
We know that "Dock worker" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dock worker = stevedore.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STEVEDORE mean?
STEVEDORE noun- A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
- To load or unload a ship's cargo.