tea-coopern. a workman at a dock who unloads tea and does any necessary repairs to the packing, etc.: cf. coopern.1 1.
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tea-cooper1887
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 2 Years ago the tea-coopers, who are skilled workmen, had a union.