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longshoreman::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, lumper, stevedore |
| Type of | jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer |
Examples of longshoreman
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Daniel Schad, 29, longshoreman, and Deanna Haupricht, 24, nurse, both of Toledo.
From the toledoblade.com
One of the men, Howard Sperry, a striking longshoreman, later died of his wounds.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It wasn't a bad life for the 23-year-old daughter of a longshoreman and a housewife.
From the time.com
George R R Martin was born in New Jersey in 1948, the son of a longshoreman.
From the independent.co.uk
After a stint in the Army, his brother, Robert, also become a longshoreman.
From the nytimes.com
Sweet Jimmie came from Louisiana in the mid-'50s to work as a longshoreman.
From the npr.org
Whitaker comes to work with all the expectations of a longshoreman hitting the docks.
From the freep.com
You have to leave your courtesy at home and get there and mix it up like a longshoreman.
From the time.com
Honor Tracy resembles a particularly mean Irish longshoreman on strike.
From the time.com
- Stevedore: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer and longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country.
- (Longshoremen (band)) The Longshoremen were an American independent/alternative band from San Francisco, California, in the 1980s. Trouser Press describes them as a "cryptic poetry damage vocal trio. ...
- A man employed to load and unload ships
- (longshoremen) Dock workers who load and unload ships, or perform administrative tasks associated with the loading or unloading of cargo. They may or may not be members of labor unions. Longshore gangs are hired by stevedoring firms to work the ships. Longshoremen are also called stevedores.
- (Longshoremen) People who perform services like operating equipment, rigging cargo or administrative tasks associated embarking and disembarking of cargo under the supervision of a operator or stevedoring company
