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.
- 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.
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