September 19, 2006

stevedore

DEFINITION: (noun) One who is employed in the loading or unloading of ships. SYNONYMS: dock worker, dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, loader, longshoreman, lumper. USAGE: When the stevedores finally unionized, incidents of theft during the loading and unloading of ship cargo greatly reduced in number.
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