STEVEDORE


Meaning of STEVEDORE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A stevedore negligently dropped a wooden plank into the hold of the ship.

At twenty-three she married a man who worked as a stevedore on the docks, and together they had two more children.

Both were as burly as stevedores, which likely was their preferred profession.

His heart swelled at the very look of her; he was thrilled to see her eating like a stevedore .

She either fasted or ate like a stevedore .

The machinery was damaged by employees of the stevedore while it was being unloaded.

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