wharfside

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English

Etymology

From wharf +‎ side.

Noun

wharfside (plural wharfsides)

  1. The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
    • 2007 January 25, Alex Kuczynski, “Crochet Undergoes an Upgrade”, in New York Times:
      Rather, on a dreary January afternoon, Dumbo resembles the set of “Blade Runner,” or some futuristic movie in which humans and robots and aliens with tentacles coming out of their foreheads hang out playing chess or shooting one another with purple lasers in a seamy wharfside bar.