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prettygoodwordstevedore (STEE-vi-dohr) - n., someone who loads or unloads ships.
Also as a verb, to do so. The common American term for a docker, wharfie, or longshoreman. Borrowed around 1788 from Spanish estibador, a cargo loader, from estibar, to load (cargo), from Latin stīpāre, to pack full, to press down.
No connection to yesterdays word, of course. Or anyone named Steve.
---L.
Also as a verb, to do so. The common American term for a docker, wharfie, or longshoreman. Borrowed around 1788 from Spanish estibador, a cargo loader, from estibar, to load (cargo), from Latin stīpāre, to pack full, to press down.
No connection to yesterdays word, of course. Or anyone named Steve.
---L.
