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What is a deckhand?

What is a deckhand? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
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In his early days Ernie, who was born in England, became a young seaman and travelled to many exotic parts of the world as a deckhand on freighters.
The next year he started working as a deckhand on a fishing boat.
Carlyle, 44, had the starring role as a deckhand on a boat ferrying Chinese immigrants from Belgium to Scotland.
Steven Sippila, skipper of the Sinikka, and his deckhand Scott Boyle have been busy this week preparing their equipment and bait for the busy 13-week season.
He said the impact of the giant wave had sent a deckhand crashing across the cabin and into a window.
How was it different, playing another man's songs, and being a deckhand instead of the captain of the ship?

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