In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper
(noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Source: WordNet® 3.1
longshoreman (plural longshoremen)
(US) A man employed to load and unload ships.
One who makes a living along the shore by oyster-fishing, etc.
• (one who loads and unloads ships): docker, dockworker, stevedore (UK), wharfie (Australia)
Source: Wiktionary
Long"shore`man, n.; pl. Longshoremen. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman.]
Definition: One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.