Definition of "longshoreman" []

• A dock worker who loads and unloads ships. (noun)

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• "Here I paraphrase longshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer, from whom I lifted the title for this article."
• "We do know he is supposedly an unemployed longshoreman, which is odd, because he has enough money to spend many of his evenings drinking rum at various rebel taverns in North Boston."
• "The longshoreman was a saucy yin to the Market Street's cheesy yang."