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Stevedore
One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.
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A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…
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One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.
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One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
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One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.
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The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
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