dockworker

  • 1dockworker — UK US (US also longshoreman, US also stevedore) ► TRANSPORT a person whose job is putting goods on and taking goods off ships in a port: »When just a few dockworkers stop moving cargo, the flow of goods grinds to a halt …

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  • 2dockworker — [däk′wʉr΄kər] n. LONGSHOREMAN …

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  • 3dockworker — noun Date: 1913 longshoreman …

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  • 4dockworker — /dok werr keuhr/, n. a person employed on the docks of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels. [1920 25; DOCK1 + WORKER] * * * …

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  • 5dockworker — noun A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight. See Also: dockworking …

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  • 6dockworker — dock|work|er [ˈdɔkˌwə:kə US ˈda:kˌwə:rkər] n someone whose job is loading and unloading ships …

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  • 7dockworker — n. one who works on a ship dock, worker in a shipyard …

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  • 8dockworker — noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port • Syn: ↑stevedore, ↑loader, ↑longshoreman, ↑docker, ↑dockhand, ↑dock worker, ↑dock walloper, ↑lumper …

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  • 9La Coubre explosion — NOTOC .Fact|date=February 2007At the instant of the explosion, Che Guevara was in a meeting in the INRA building. After hearing the blast and seeing the debris cloud from a window overlooking the port area, he drove to the scene and spent the… …

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  • 10On the Waterfront — For other uses, see On the Waterfront (disambiguation). On the Waterfront Theatrical release poster Directed by Elia Kazan …

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