These usages are arranged alphabetically, all having something to do with the theme of "work, etc., and dockers' nicknames."  For fuller information about each usage, see the main list.  There are twenty-six files there.  Just click on to the appropriate letter.

Ardy Alligan:  an old-timer on the job

bailiff:  debt collector

barrer girl:  handcart girl

binnie, der:  trash collector

black a cargo, to:  to refuse to unload it

blockerman, der:  foreman

booze-jerker:  bartender

bullet, get the:  to be fired

bunce:  extra pay

can-lad:  makes tea for workers

clubman, de:  bill collector

cotton skin:  dock cargo sampler

cowboy, a:  fly-by-night tradesman

creased:  tired

cuzzies, de:  customs officers

day-old chick, a:  newcomer on the job

De tatter:  rag collector

Dockers' Umbrella, de:  overhead railway

dolls' eyes, cargo of:  trifling cargo

easy six, an:  Sunday work

Eck-eck, ere's..:  the supervisor is coming......

firebobby, de:  firefighter

go to the stand, to:  to assemble somewhere to be chosen for work

gold nuggit, a:  lucrative Saturday work

graft:  a job

grouse job, a: an excellent job

jack, to:  to quit

jockey: extra pay

lecky man, de:  electric meter reader

lumpers:  compensation sum for loss of employment

make and mend:  break time

milk feller, de:  milkman

muckman, der: refuse collector

overcoat gang, the:  dockers who never remove their coats

Paddy Kelly: deck police officer

Pig and Whistle, the: the crew bar on a ship

ragman, de: the junkman

rentfeller, de:  rent collector

sit on his book, to:  to withdraw a docker's employment book

Sling yer 'ook: make off!

T'ree on der ook--t'ree on de book:  three days working, three unemployed(with unemployment benefits)

tallyman, de: collector of installment payments

under de lamp:  compensation at less than the going rate.

welt, to be on the:  to be on a rest period

Werkin fer de Queen: drawing unemployment benefits

winger, a: a ship's steward

yard dog, a:  customs officer
 

Abe...Abe: "What are you waiting for now?"  Notice, however,  that "A-be" occurs throughout South Lancaster  speech, meaning to let be, as in "Let it a-be."

Adam: down in the hold, shouts up "God Almighty--am I the only one down here or wot?"

Al Capone: where's the gang?

Altar Boy, the: always with the Bishop

Athlete: runs when there is work to be done

Auctioneer: he's knock anything down

Aztec, the Black Docker: always saying "Aztec dis, Aztec dat."

Baker: keeps talking about his tart. The kids have left; now it's only him and his tart.

Baldy Rabbit, the: says "lend us a tanner I've lost me fare." Cf. Also The Frozen Rabbit: on the borrow, he's lost his fare again.

Ballerina, the: "So I turned round, and told him..."

Balloon: foreman who says "Don't let me down, lads."

Barking Dog: always snarling at everyone

Barking Pup: the barking dog's son, always snarling at everyone

Bat: does so many nights he can't see in the daytime

Batman: won't leave the ship without robbin

Bewildered Minstrel: doesn't know whether he is white or black. This is said to refer to Cilla
Black's father, whose name was White.

Big Ben: he worked while the strike was on

Bird Doctor: says this lark's(job) no good

Bishop, the:  always saying " God bless you, boys."

Blacksmith, the: makes a bolt for the door at kitty time

Blessed Art Thou: a great lover (from "blessed art thou among women")

Blister, the: only shows up when the work is over

Blood Donor: a very pale fellow

Bobby Beater, the: says "Let's get stuck into this copper!"

Bostick: things they are unloading just seem to stick to him.

Broken Boomerang, the: won't ever come back

Broken Clock, the: "Give us a lift, I've got a bad ticker"

Broken Globe, the:  "We won't get a light out of this."

Burglar, the: "we'll break in here."

Canon Cups: the tea lad (tea can and chipped enamel mugs) for the dockers

Case Ball, the: always getting laced

Cassius Clay: where's the gloves?

Chemist: loads a truck and says "There's morphia."

Chichester: always to be found out in the Atlantic, which is the name of a dock pub

Cinderella: "I gotta be away by twelve."

Clergyman, the:  never has Sunday off.

Constipator, the: always has a pained look on his face

Contented Diner: I've got enough on my plate

Coronation Kid, the:  she'll crown me when I get home.

Coward, the: wore an old army overcoat with a bullet hole in the back

Deck Hand: always carried his cards with him

Depth Charge, the: "I'm going down for a sub"

Destroyer: always after subs( wage advances)

Dice King, the: "I only want seven."

Diesel: "diesel do for our kid, diesel do for me ma." Or: "I think diesel fitter."

Doctor Barnard: "What no overtime? Boss, have a heart."

Doctor Jekyll:  I need a change.

Dope Peddler, the: bicycles to work every day when he could drive

Drug Addict: "Here's some morphia here."

Drunken Overcoat, the:  staggers out of the gate every night with a full coat

Dulux: a docker with a large coat on, because, as with Dulux, one coat covers the lot

Eddie Calvert: says "let's have a blow."

Fractured Fairy, the:  says "Youse must think I fell off a Christmas Tree."

Frightened Fish: won't handle a crane

Frightened Goalie: won't go out for the net

Frozen Rabbit, the: Lend me a tenner ter ger ome, I've lost me fur

Gardener, the: "Finish the job boys, and go and plant yourselves."
Or: always planting himself in the sun.

Ghost, the: always moaning

Good Shepherd: took a sheep carcass or a sheep out of the docks

Guy Fawkes: "this ship want's blowing up."

Happy Family: always coming to work with blackeyes

Harry the Horse: never off his bike

Harpic: he's clean around the bend(daft)

Hungry Rabbit, the: has never got a carrot

Hush Puppy: another son of Barking Dog, told to keep his gob shut.

Hush Puppies: nobody ever heard him getting into the containers

Ink: he's always in the pen(the taking on point)

Jelly, the: "a bit of overtime and I'm set."

Jellypex: he's only got one coat

Jigsaw: whenever he was given a difficult job he went to pieces

Judge, the:  always wanted to open a case

Kitten, the: "Is me owl feller down there"

Lame Kangaroo: hasn't had a jump(sex) in years

Larry the Lamb: meek and quiet. When the barking Dog and the Lamb were joined by a third docker, the latter was called The Shepherd

Lazy Solicitor: he went to sleep on a case

Lenient Judge: a foreman who keeps saying "let dat guy go." A guy is part of a sling for cargo

Lino: he's always "on the floor"(short of money)

Little Red Riding Hood: heading away from work toward the canteen, says, "I'm going to me grannies."

London Fog: he never lifts

Lonely Cat: asking for his father, a fellow dock-worker, says "Me-owl feller down dur?"

Lonely Baker, the: "Now the kids ave left, there's only me and the tart"

Lord Nelson: "Keep your eye out for the boss."

Maid Marion: the nights will save me

Man From Planet X, the:  says "What on earth is this all about?"

Man in Black, the:  always going to a funeral

Mangy Cat, the:  kicked out of every yard on the docks

Mangy Kitten: tells the bus driver he hasn't go no fur

Midwife: he's always on deliveries

Mirror, the: says "what you do reflects on me."

Nudist, the: says "the bare thing suits me.'

Olympic Torch, the: never goes out

Parish Priest: works every Sunday, when the pay for overtime is high; or: has always got his mate on his knees

Park Keeper, the: says "mind the swing."

Pearly King, the: because he always would say about a given job, "we got paid buttons for that ship."

Phil (Fill) the Cot: the father of many

Piano: thinks he's put upon, that they're playing on him

Plastic Surgeon, the: a really good grafter

Poet: "This job is just like eaven/aven done a tap since alf eleven,"
to which the boss is supposed to have responded, "Ickory dickory dock,/Pick yeh cards up at five o'clock!"

Pontius Pilate: always washing his hands

Popeye: docker known for smoking pipes

President, the: always in the White (ozzy white) House

Quiet Man, the: never says a thing.

Rattler: has false teeth

Reluctant Plumber: he won't do a tap

Robert Mitchum: walks about with a coat slung over his shoulder, smoking a cigarette

Sam Goldwyn: "Lissen, lads, I'll put yer in the picture."

Sammy the Seal: I think I'll float

Scottish Stevedore: "go ahead with pipes and drum"

Sell the Bed: always on nights

Sheriff: foreman who says, "What's the hold up, lads?"

Sherlock: always investigating, but doesn't do that much. His sidekick is known as Doctor Watson

sick pigeon, the: never leaves the loft

Sick Lobster, the: always absent from work because "the two nippers were bad"

Sore Finger: always wants sympathy

Spaceman: Says he is going to Mars (ma's) for dinner

Stanley Matthews: manning a hatch with three others, he says "I'll take dis corner."

Stirling Moss: called that because of the skidmarks on his underpants

Storm Lamp, the: never goes out

Surgeon: keeps saying "cut that out."

Table Jelly: three more nights and I'm all set

Telegraph Boy, the: " Send more wires in."

Tit (h)ead or egghead: a bald docker

Undertaker, the: says "lay em out over there."

Undertaker: says "lay em out over there."

Unknown Soldier: wore a long khaki army surplus overcoat, and was a loner

Van Gogh:  always says "I've got one 'ere."

Vicar: keeps saying "Eh--men..." Hard taskmaster: he'll have you on your knees

Virgin, the: I've never done this before

Wallpaper: he's up the wall

Wedding Cake, the: always has a wedding to go to

Weight Lifter: he waits while you lift

Wet Match: never stikes

White Hunter, the: minesweeper of ozzy white

White Hunter, the: always looking for six good skins

Wonder Boy: a looter. He looks at cargo and says "I wonder what's in this, I wonder what's in that."

AND FINALLY:

A docker's jibe at a job checker: "Your wouldn't pass the salt."