longshoring

American

[lawng-shawr-ing, -shohr-, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌʃɔr ɪŋ, -ˌʃoʊr-, ˈlɒŋ- /

noun

the work or occupation of a longshoreman.

Etymology

Origin of longshoring

First recorded in 1925–30; longshore(man) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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The Labor Department, working on a "worst-first" basis, is concentrating its inspectors on the policing of industries that have extremely high accident rates: longshoring, roofing and sheet metal, meat packing, mobile-home manufacturing and lumber and wood producing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Truckers are beginning to run Alaskan freight over the Alaska Highway, gambling on the absence of warehousing and longshoring costs to enable them to beat western sea-rail rates.

From Time Magazine Archive

After sealing for seven months I came back to California and took odd jobs at coal shovelling and longshoring and also in a jute factory, where I worked from six in the morning until seven at night.

From Project Gutenberg

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