单词 | longshoreman |
释义 | longshoremann. Now chiefly North American. A person, esp. a man, who frequents or is employed along a shore; spec. a labourer engaged in loading and unloading cargoes at a port, a docker.In quot. 1792: a person originating from a coastal region. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who load or unload lader1542 ballast heaver?1780 stevedore1788 longshoreman1792 longshore1857 slinger1881 gangway man1915 1792 Minutes of Evid. House of Lords upon Trade to Afr. & Trade in Slaves 185 The Slave denominated a Long-Shore Man, and the Slave that is brought from the interior parts of the country. 1793 B. Rush Med. Inq. & Observ. II. 253 Persons who worked in the open air, such as sailors, and long-shore-men. 1811 A. Graydon Mem. 120 It was supposed there might be seamen or long shore men there. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Jan. 33/2 His [sc. the sailor's] oaths were appalling to 'long-shore men. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xc. 234 The longshore men,..an important element in this great port, and a dangerous element wherever one finds them. 1916 H. H. Peerless Diary 8 July in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 216 We continue our descent until we reach the sea. Here are a few longshoremen lopping about. 1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia xvi. 166 Punchy was a legbreaker for the longshoreman's union. 2006 New Yorker 19 June 54/2 Longshoremen in bright-orange safety vests went about their jobs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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