docksider

docksider

English

Docksiders.

Etymology

From dockside +‎ -er.

Noun

docksider (plural docksiders)

1. A boat shoe often used as casual footwear.
   • 2005, James Frey, My Friend Leonard‎, →ISBN:

     Snapper has a pair of black socks with his docksiders.

   • 2015, Kasey Michaels, This Can't Be Love:‎:

     No socks and tan docksiders.

2. A person who lives in or frequents a dockside area.
   • 2008, Henry Trotter, Sugar Girls & Seamen‎, →ISBN:

     Because of this, relationships between docksiders often lack trust.

     He was dressed in docksiders, khaki shorts and a pink polo shirt.

   • 2015, The Shores of Moses Lake Collection: Four Novels in One‎, →ISBN:

     Sheila was working the counter when I got there, and Pop was over at the tables with a couple of the docksiders, playing dominoes.