ste·ve·dore
ˈstē-və-ˌdȯr 
also ˈstēv-ˌdȯr
: one who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port
stevedored; stevedoring
: to handle (cargo) as a stevedore
also
: to load or unload the cargo of (a ship) in port
: to work as a stevedore
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Noun
on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world
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Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
What do port workers do? Longshoremen, also referred to as stevedores, handle cargo from incoming ships.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
The sailors had received little training as stevedores but were forced to load munitions — a dangerous task — as White officers made bets on which units would move the fastest.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Noun
America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
What do port workers do? Longshoremen, also referred to as stevedores, handle cargo from incoming ships.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
The sailors had received little training as stevedores but were forced to load munitions — a dangerous task — as White officers made bets on which units would move the fastest.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stevedore. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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