Adjective : longshore jobs; longshore current. From Dictionary.com.
It's a trick they've played on us because we're what they call longshore folk. From Wordnik.com. [Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy] Reference
Storms create waves that hit beaches at an angle in what is known as a longshore current, or drift. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
This may not appear as exact as Sappho's lines, but I had in mind the 'longshore' or 'dory' fisherman, who returns at nightfall. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Land] Reference
And that is where, when collecting shanties from the 'longshore' mariner of to-day, I find him, if he is uneducated, so tiresome. From Wordnik.com. [The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties] Reference
The life of a female longshore worker without comments. From Wordnik.com. [01 « August « 2009 « Stephen Rees’s blog] Reference
The life of a female longshore worker leave a comment ». From Wordnik.com. [The life of a female longshore worker « Stephen Rees’s blog] Reference
Commonly, it is used as synonymous with longshore transport rate. From Wordnik.com. [Littoral] Reference
In the early summer of 1865 some daring longshore pirate made off with. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
Fletcher senior's "punt," or longshore lugger, without saying as much as. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
At this time Posh was earning his living as the proprietor of a longshore. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
Moving on down with the longshore men on the docks we're locked out again. From Wordnik.com. [Rory Gallagher Lyrics] Reference
I guess my mother hated the sea 'bout as much as any longshore woman ever did. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
No longshore character, as you call him, would be as afraid of the sea as he is. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
Most of the pebbles are gone, crushed to sand or whipped away by longshore drift. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Some Tacoma longshore union members are headed to Seattle for anti-war events there. From Wordnik.com. [Follow the Democratic Rules Committee meeting online] Reference
"Now then, mister, bear a hand there, ain't there longshore lubbers enough wi'out you?". From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
Gray said that at one stage the longshore current off the bay appeared to have reversed. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He was a tall, spare, intellectual-looking chap, more like a longshore man than a sailor. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
She had no idea that these longshore fishermen would be so gentlemanly and so good looking. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
Many of the marshes at Point Pelee on Lake Erie were formed by the action of longshore currents. From Wordnik.com. [Origin and age of lakes] Reference
The port operator has, in the past, hired all the security and longshore personnel on its docks. From Wordnik.com. [Forget DubaiThere's More To Port Security Than Ownership] Reference
Rivers were drowned and lagoons formed as longshore drift created sandy barriers along the coast. From Wordnik.com. [Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, California] Reference
It was quite true that the hermit did not wholly fit the character he assumed as a longshore waif. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
Protect natural processes of longshore drift, erosion and overwash, which maintain coastal systems. From Wordnik.com. [Northeastern coastal forests] Reference
Spurling found an old 'longshore acquaintance from a visiting boat and went off aboard to inspect his new type of engine. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Edward FitzGerald that was the thing and not the theft of his (Posh's) father's longshore lugger which led to that meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
Commission alleging the longshore union discriminates against. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The good red fires were burning bright in every 'longshore home. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads] Reference
Employers file gender-based hiring complaint against longshore union. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
I've been tramping about the wharves all day gathering longshore items. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908] Reference
Norfolk is just endurable in October, when game and 'longshore herrings are in. From Wordnik.com. [Dross] Reference
The man was clad in a rough suit and looked what he was, a 'longshore fisherman. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922] Reference
Nowadays the dug-out is generally used for the dirtier work of 'longshore fisheries. From Wordnik.com. [All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways] Reference
Terry West avoided the rotten ice of the Bight and took the 'longshore trail by way of Mad. From Wordnik.com. [Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.] Reference
Among the options being discussed: a children's playground, a longshore or other memorial. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Breeze Most Viewed] Reference
On the contrary, it supported the bombardment of the Confederate 'longshore positions the next New. From Wordnik.com. [Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray] Reference
"We didn't kill at all: he was one of those 'longshore dog-foxes,' and got away home on the cliff.". From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
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