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stevedore

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as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world

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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stevedore. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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