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单词 longshoreman
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longshoreman

noun

long·​shore·​man ˈlȯŋ-ˌshȯr-mən How to pronounce longshoreman (audio)
ˌlȯŋ-ˈ
: a person who loads and unloads ships at a seaport

Synonyms

  • docker [chiefly British]
  • dockhand
  • dockworker
  • roustabout
  • rouster
  • stevedore
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Example Sentences

the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
Recent Examples on the Web Police documents describe Forsell as a longshoreman and lifelong resident of West Seattle. Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 Jones served in the Marines from 1984 to 1988 and for the last 17 years has been a longshoreman at Port Milwaukee. Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022 Jess' hands are rough and callused — more like a longshoreman's than that of a high school junior. Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2022 All of a sudden everyone talks like a longshoreman. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022 His father, Aniello, was a longshoreman; his mother, Lucy (Esposito) Pignatano, was a seamstress. New York Times, 25 May 2022 That's fitting for the son of a Baltimore longshoreman. Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2022 By his twentieth birthday, having discovered that he wasn’t cut out for the back-breaking life of a longshoreman or stevedore, P.J. tried his hand as a brass finisher at an East Boston machine shop. Neal Thompson, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2022 His dad, also named Fred Hughes, was a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland and the family lived in Harbor Homes, public housing built by the federal government during World War II. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

longshore, short for alongshore

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

longshoreman

noun

as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stevedore
  • dockworker
  • roustabout
  • docker
  • dockhand
  • rouster
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