as in stevedores
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
sought work as a roustabout on the city's seedy waterfront
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But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025 -
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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The state of Maryland followed, as did a group of Baltimore longshoremen who filed a class action lawsuit arguing the companies should reimburse them for wages lost while the port was closed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Consumers, including the longshoremen and their families, would enjoy lower costs and better service.—
Zack Kass,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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But the tough comparisons did not stop the port’s dockworkers from handling the highest total number of TEUs in North America, both for March and the first quarter.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2026
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But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Roustabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roustabouts. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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