docksider

English

Docksiders.

Etymology

From dockside +‎ -er (relational noun suffix) or +‎ -er (habitational suffix).

Noun

docksider (plural docksiders)

1. A boat shoe often used as casual footwear.

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

   • 2005, James Frey, My Friend Leonard‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Snapper has a pair of black socks with his docksiders.

   • 2015, Kasey Michaels, This Can't Be Love:‎^[2]:

     But there was something a little off about the clothes. No socks and tan docksiders.

2. A person who lives in or frequents a dockside area.
   • 2008, Henry Trotter, Sugar Girls & Seamen‎^[3], →ISBN:

     Because of this, relationships between docksiders often lack trust.

   • 2015, The Shores of Moses Lake Collection: Four Novels in One‎^[4], →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.