deck hand:
(also in one word: ‘deckhand’ & another name ‘able seaman’; plural: ‘deck hands‘/’deckhands‘/’able seamen’ — for the right pronunciation, please click here)
‘deck’, in this context = the flat surface/platform that lies from one end of the ship to the other on which ship’s sailors and passengers walk
deckhands at work on a boat
a young man or a young woman who is hired to work on a ship;
a helper on a yacht,
e.g.
A person who likes sea and sailing may take up a job as a deckhand.
As the editors in a printing press grew up from copy boys in the past, so were some of the best captains of super ships, it is said, ranked up from deck hands.
Deck hand jobs are easy to get, especially on luxury cruise ships that operate around the USA, the Caribbean islands and the Mediterranean Sea.
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