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stevedore

[ stee-vi-dawr, -dohr ]

noun

  1. a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.


verb (used with object)

stevedored, stevedoring.
  1. to load or unload the cargo of (a ship).

verb (used without object)

stevedored, stevedoring.
  1. to load or unload a vessel.

stevedore

/ 藞蝉迟颈藧惫瑟藢诲蓴藧 /

noun

  1. a person employed to load or unload ships
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to load or unload (a ship, ship's cargo, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of stevedore1

1780鈥90, Americanism; < Spanish estibador, equivalent to estib ( ar ) to pack, stow ( steeve 1 ) + -ador -ator
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of stevedore1

C18: from Spanish estibador a packer, from estibar to load (a ship), from Latin 蝉迟墨辫腻谤别 to pack full
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After spotting the breach on Friday, DP World, one of a handful of stevedore industry players in Australia, disconnected internet, significantly impacting freight movements.

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After spotting the breach, DP World, one of a handful of stevedore industry players in Australia, disconnected internet, significantly impacting freight movements, Goldie said.

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The company, part of Dubai's state-owned DP World, is one of a handful of stevedore industry players in the country.

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Never mind that when she sang and danced, she sounded like a bullfrog on steroids and moved like a drunken stevedore.

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鈥淪hape-up鈥 is the term for preferential hiring of stevedores and other dockworkers; 鈥渟hakedown鈥 means exactly what it says, and it took 鈥 and takes 鈥 the form of kickbacks in 鈥渄ues鈥 to a 鈥渦nion鈥 ruled by thugs.

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