Stevedore

Captain Perez was what he called "stevedore" -- that is, general caretaker during the owner's absence, at Mr. Delancy Barry's summer estate on the "cliff road." ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

The port captain put a two-way radio up to his mouth and called the stevedore. ❋ Vince Flynn (2010)

The stevedore was a much larger man, but George got the best of it. ❋ George H. Devol (N/A)

It must not be conceded that because of its rough character, the work of the stevedore is a calling that does not require intelligence, cool-headedness and skill; for without coolness and thorough knowledge on the part of those appointed to direct it, ❋ Unknown (1863)

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Nowadays, "stevedore" is essentially an archaicism; the men in the longshoremens union run those giant cranes and are paid very well. ❋ James Killus (2007)

He headed west after the war, settling in St. Louis and taking jobs such as stevedore, waiter and mule tender before landing work as a reporter on a German-language newspaper. ❋ Jerry Harkavy (2010)

"stevedore" system, which was slow and labor intensive (at both ends). ❋ Unknown (2006)

Outspoken, confrontational, profane with a caustic wit, one journalist said he looked like an accountant and talked like a stevedore. ❋ Bill Moyers (2012)

Also, Whitmire had this to say about Rhee's eating habits: Invariably, her lunch would have fed a stevedore: a huge slab of meatloaf and mashed potatoes comes to mind. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2011)

But still, I was unprepared for what I did encounter: Michelle Obama recounting her life as if she were an old stevedore hungering for the long-lost neighborhood of yore. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He left school to work in the sugar cane fields and later worked as a stevedore in Honolulu before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. ❋ Dennis McLellan (2011)

It's a bit like that character type you sometimes see on a TV show, the sweet little old lady who swears like a stevedore. ❋ Marty Kaplan (2011)

As logs are lashed, he lists the many benefits to Astoria of bringing in a log exporter, including dozens of $40-an-hour stevedore jobs filled with every shipload, and some $100,000 in wharfing fees each month. ❋ Joel Millman (2011)

The attraction of the coal stevedore above comes through not from any idea of the nobility of poverty but from the way he is framed in shadow and light, from the way Evans cropped him so that his gaze draws you in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Stevedores unloaded [the ship] quickly and without incident. Man, when Chris drinks he really has a mouth like a [Stevedore] Geez, Jon [disappeared] three times with three different girls last night at the party, he's a real modern age [stevedore]! ❋ AmoebicMagician (2009)

Introducing first: from [Albuquerque, New Mexico] weighing in at [195] pounds, [El] Stevedore! ❋ ExcavatorPi (2018)