(chiefly, Canada) A government-built wharf.
(chiefly, Canada) A government-built wharf.
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(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf worker: .
(UK, archaic, or, dialectal) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
(British, Canada) The area that fronts on a harbor.
(Canada) In Newfoundland and Labrador, any city, town, or village having a harbour, other than the main port of St. John's.
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(colloquial) Of or run by the government.