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Word: Longshoring
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s; earliest use found in The Daily Colonist. From longshore + -ing
Definition:
The (type of) work done at a port, especially the loading and unloading of cargoes; the occupation of a longshoreman.
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