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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Spanish
Origin: estibador, from estibar 'to pack', from Latin stipare 'to press together'

stevedore

 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Water
ste‧ve‧dore [countable]
TTWBO someone whose job is loading and unloading ships
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