stevedore
a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
to load or unload the cargo of (a ship).
to load or unload a vessel.
Origin of stevedore
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How to use stevedore in a sentence
Mrs. London busied herself in directing the work, and showed a knowledge of stevedoring that astonished us.
Through the South Seas with Jack London | Martin JohnsonStevedoring, which had been a skilled labour, is fast becoming a labour without the skill.
The Mirror of the Sea | Joseph ConradOnce in the city I'll find a job, even if it's only stevedoring down at the docks.'
Under the Chinese Dragon | F. S. Brereton
British Dictionary definitions for stevedore
/ (ˈstiːvɪˌdɔː) /
a person employed to load or unload ships
to load or unload (a ship, ship's cargo, etc)
Origin of stevedore
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