longshore

[lawng-shawr, -shohr, long-]

adjective

1. existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport.

   longshore jobs; longshore current.

longshore

/ ˈlɒŋˌʃɔː /

adjective

1. situated on, relating to, or along the shore

Word History and Origins

Origin of longshore¹

First recorded in 1815–25; aphetic variant of alongshore

Word History and Origins

Origin of longshore¹

C19: shortened form of alongshore

Example Sentences

The bill, SB 34, was championed by the local chapter of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union that represents Southern California dockworkers.

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Gary Herrera, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13, pushed back, saying it “was not human error” involving any union workers.

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Los Angeles was a town hostile to organized labor, but labor forces in the harbor had the backing of national longshore unions, including the radical-leaning International Workers of the World, the so-called “Wobblies,” and the city resisted their strength with formidable anti-union organizing laws.

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Then, in 1934, a nearly three-month strike by port workers up and down the West Coast ended in the creation of the longshore and warehouse workers’ union, which represents harbor workers to this day.

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There is no question air quality officials are up against formidable adversaries, including the Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn., the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and other labor and business interests that have been working together to kill the clean-air rules on the nation’s busiest port complex.

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