as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world
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The protagonist of this transgressive crime thriller, set in Tacoma, Washington, in the late nineteenth century, is Alma Rosales, an ex-detective who has constructed a new life as Jack Camp, a stevedore and an opium smuggler both beloved and feared by his crew.
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The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
At Brunswick, the stevedores driving the vehicles onto the ships, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, say there is enough work for entry-level workers to get 40 hours a week, something that was rare in the past.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
When they were finished, many of the stevedores drove home along Interstate 695, crossing the Patapsco River on the Key Bridge and skirting past another crew of workingmen — this one laboring on the road with shovels in the glare of floodlights.
—William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Based on a live TV drama written expressly for Poitier by Robert Alan Aurthur, Edge of the City follows Cassavetes as a troubled Army deserter who finds trust in others, maturity in himself and reintegration into society after Poitier, playing a stevedore foreman, befriends him.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
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The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
At Brunswick, the stevedores driving the vehicles onto the ships, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, say there is enough work for entry-level workers to get 40 hours a week, something that was rare in the past.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
When they were finished, many of the stevedores drove home along Interstate 695, crossing the Patapsco River on the Key Bridge and skirting past another crew of workingmen — this one laboring on the road with shovels in the glare of floodlights.
—William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Based on a live TV drama written expressly for Poitier by Robert Alan Aurthur, Edge of the City follows Cassavetes as a troubled Army deserter who finds trust in others, maturity in himself and reintegration into society after Poitier, playing a stevedore foreman, befriends him.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stevedore. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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