longshoreman
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mən, -ˈʃoʊr-, ˈlɒŋ- noun, plural long·shore·men.
a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
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| —n , pl -men | |
| (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): docker a man employed in the loading or unloading of ships | |
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Longshoreman
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Word Origin & History
longshoreman
1811, from alongshore + man.
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Example sentences
The third longshoreman was able to move out of the way of the spreader bar and was not injured.
Everyone suffers from dialogue that would make the average longshoreman demand a rewrite.
The four longshoreman are placing and removing twist locks under the containers.
In the hostile pubs it was wiser for a longshoreman and a reporter or any kind of writer not to be seen together.
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