wharfinger
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔː.fɪn.d͡ʒə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹ.fɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈhwɔɹ.fɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
Noun
wharfinger (plural wharfingers)
- (chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
- 1993, Samuel Beckett, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, →ISBN, page 7:
- “Get off my pier,” said the wharfinger rudely, “and let me get home to my tea.”
- 1993, Samuel Beckett, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, →ISBN, page 7:
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