单词 | longshoreman |
释义 | ˈlongshoreman [f. prec. + man n.] One who frequents, or is employed along, the shore; e.g. a man engaged in loading and unloading cargoes, or in fishing for oysters, etc. along the shore.
18..Mrs. H. E. Spofford Pilot's Wife, He would sooner turn longshoreman and sweep a crossing. 1883Chamb. Jrnl. 20 Jan. 33/2 His [the old-fashioned sailor's] oaths were appalling to 'long-shore men. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. III. xc. 234 The longshore men,..an important element in this great port, and a dangerous element wherever one finds them. |

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