longshoreman
noun
long·shore·man
ˈlȯŋ-ˌshȯr-mən 
ˌlȯŋ-ˈ
: a person who loads and unloads ships at a seaport
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Examples of longshoreman in a Sentence
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Her father, a longshoreman, played the conga and had sung with the Cuban bandleader Machito.
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Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
But thousands of longshoremen, truckers and small business owners have seen their jobs impacted by the collapse and its economic ripple effects, which extend well beyond the Baltimore region.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Then, another kid named Tommy, smaller than me, and in a wheelchair, screamed out a stream of longshoreman epithets that stunned everyone, especially the monster.
—Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Both his grandfather and father worked as longshoremen at Port of Erie in New York.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2024
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Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
But thousands of longshoremen, truckers and small business owners have seen their jobs impacted by the collapse and its economic ripple effects, which extend well beyond the Baltimore region.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Then, another kid named Tommy, smaller than me, and in a wheelchair, screamed out a stream of longshoreman epithets that stunned everyone, especially the monster.
—Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Both his grandfather and father worked as longshoremen at Port of Erie in New York.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2024
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longshoreman
noun
long·shore·man
ˈlȯŋ-ˈshōr-mən
-ˈshȯr-
: one who loads and unloads ships at a port : stevedore
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