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Longshoreman

British pronunciation/lˈɒŋʃɔːmən/
American pronunciation/lˈɑːŋʃoːɹmən/
Longshoreman
[NOUN]
1

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

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1These were the longshoremen, the Banana Handler’s Union.
2This article from 1958 is about 17,000 longshoremen who were protesting automation on the piers.
3Johnny Weissmüller Jr. was an American actor and longshoreman.
4I just met with the longshoremen down on Long Beach, 40% of the goods movement in the United State of America comes through the ports L.A. and Long Beach in California.
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