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
Back in Baltimore, still a slave, he works long hours as a stevedore with his pay going to his owners.
New musical highlights Frederick Douglass but falls short | Patrick Folliard | August 12, 2022 | Washington BladeIn the following December he returned to Manila disguised as a seaman, and stole ashore in the crowd of stevedore labourers.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanFrom what I was told he was a stevedore and had once been a professional basketball player.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe man is a stevedore, I guess, and him and his wife used to get drunk regular and carry on up here every night or so.
Gallegher and Other Stories | Richard Harding DavisI had it from the stevedore who has been loading their cargo.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | A. Conan Doyle
The barmaid was not their sister, nor the stevedore their brother.
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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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