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dockside

American  
[dok-sahyd] / ˈdɒkˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. land or area adjoining a dock.

    We were at the dockside to greet them.


adjective

  1. pertaining to or located at or near a dockside.

    dockside warehouses; a dockside fire.

Etymology

Origin of dockside

First recorded in 1885–90; dock 1 + side 1

Example Sentences

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In a meticulously crafted stop-motion world of gritty dockside poverty, a starving waif discovers the neglected girl in a shabby home weeps not teardrops but pearls.

From Los Angeles Times

The inflatable is then towed to the dockside.

From BBC

On a curvy dockside stretch in Key West, Fla., called Lazy Way Lane is a worn out white bunker building with no windows.

From The Wall Street Journal

Phil Brooks, Oceangate’s former Engineering Director, said the craft wasn’t properly checked after that dive because the company was struggling financially, and instead it was left for months on the dockside in Canada.

From BBC

Mr Head's regular dockside run sees him pass the famous Brunel Buttery café, where he is well-known.

From BBC