单词 | longshoring |
释义 | longshoringn. North American. The (type of) work done at a port, esp. the loading and unloading of cargoes; the occupation of a longshoreman. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo lumping1861 stevedoring1879 longshoring1926 downloading1962 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 7/1 Two men were injured while doing longshoring work on Monday. 1948 J. Kerouac Let. 5 Sept. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 163 Or I could..try longshoring, try to get a union card. 1964 San Francisco Port Study (Maritime Cargo Transportation Conference) I. v. 16/2 The casuals are..generally unskilled in all but the most basic of the longshoring functions. 2006 New Yorker 19 June 61/2 Aside from longshoring, few of the jobs around the docks are unionized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1926 |
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