as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market

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Recent Examples of longshoreman With shift work and overtime, the pay of many longshoremen at some East Coast ports could rise to well over $200,000 a year. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Tens of thousands of longshoremen could walk off the job next week if their union and management can’t resolve long-running contract issues. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025 The union, which counts 1,150 longshoremen as members, last week rejected the latest offer from the Maritime Employers Association (AEM) by margins of over 99% and filed a strike notice. William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024 Thousands of longshoremen from Maine to Texas could walk off the job next week if long-running contract issues are not resolved, leading to a costly strike. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for longshoreman

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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoreman. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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