stevedore

IPA: stˈivʌdɔr

noun

  • A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.

verb

  • (transitive) To load or unload a ship's cargo.
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Examples of "stevedore" in Sentences

  • My grandfather working as a stevedore.
  • The article describes stevedores as unskilled.
  • Stevedores and longshoreman are different entities.
  • A type of stopper knot is called the stevedore knot.
  • The stevedore knot is invertible but not amphichiral.
  • Delores is the owner of the bar frequented by the Stevedores.
  • The stevedore was a much larger man, but George got the best of it.
  • Due to negligence, the stevedores damaged the drill while unloading it.
  • The goods were damaged in transit due to the negligence of the stevedores.
  • Gross and Sepczynski are the stevedores helping Sobotka to unload the ship.
  • He was a hardworking stevedore, or reasonable equivalent, in a Saudi bazaar.
  • The port captain put a two-way radio up to his mouth and called the stevedore.
  • Nowadays, "stevedore" is essentially an archaicism; the men in the longshoremens union run those giant cranes and are paid very well.
  • Business marketing sales a salubrious hela stevedore akan chlamydiaceae me tortuous in the megabucks lot and tremor me to the convincing row.
  • Captain Perez was what he called "stevedore" -- that is, general caretaker during the owner's absence, at Mr. Delancy Barry's summer estate on the "cliff road."
  • It must not be conceded that because of its rough character, the work of the stevedore is a calling that does not require intelligence, cool-headedness and skill; for without coolness and thorough knowledge on the part of those appointed to direct it,

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