Definition of "unloaders" [unloaders]

• Plural form of unloader. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Talking of coals, on board the big ship, out of which great white bales, strapped with bars of iron, were being pulled up by machinery, and caught and flung about by the "unloaders," there was a man whose business it seemed to be to look after the fires, and who seemed also to have taken a roll in the coal-hole for pleasure; and I saw him find a tin basin and a square of soap, and a decent rough towel to wash his face and hands, such as would have been reckoned luxurious in a dormitory at Snuffy's."
• "Have lost stands here before, and had to hide behind trees or hit the deck for the crazy shotgun unloaders."
• "The American operations officers and the German unloaders were both long gone when he wandered back out of the terminal after some hot chocolate and a quick tour of the wonders of Tempelhof."