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stevedore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper |
| Type of | jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer |
Examples of stevedore
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Her father, Benny, was a stevedore at the docks, unloading cargo from the ships.
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The boy's protector works hard among friendly comrades as a dockside stevedore.
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She once punched a stevedore in a bar when he compared her nose to a ski jump.
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Coastal Maritime is a marine terminal operator and stevedore based in Jacksonville.
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He was exceedingly polite in public, but swore like a stevedore in private.
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For every 40 hours a stevedore gets paid, he or she works just 26 hours.
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Stevedore Graham McKean was dismissed from Ports of Auckland in September after almost 18 years.
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Stevedore Victor Marinelli likewise won full disability compensation under a Sotomayor ruling in 2000.
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She and his father, Abraham, a stevedore, had followed King's social justice sojourns with palpable hope.
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- 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.
- A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo; To load or unload a ship's cargo
- (stevedores) Labor management companies that provide equipment and hire workers to transfer cargo between ships and docks. Stevedore companies may also serve as terminal operators. The laborers hired by the stevedoring firms are called stevedores or longshoremen.
- Company engaged in providing loading/ discharging services for vessels.
- Port worker engaged in the stowage of cargo in the hold of a ship or contractors employed in general loading.
- Commercial hand truck with a set of stabilizing wheels on the back. Also has a heavy duty strap and clasp to wrap around piece being moved and secured to stevedore. Used primarily for moving safes, vending machines and heavy equipment and cabinets.
- This play, produced in February, 1996 by Valerie Curtis-Newton at the University of Washington Playhouse, was a revival of a play staged in Seattle during the 1936 Dock Strike by the "Negro Unit" of the Federal Theater.
- Originally, a longshoreman; in modern terms, one who provides the machinery and longshoremen necessary to load and unload ships cargo
