What is "stevedoring"

Usage examples of "stevedoring".

And within twenty-four hours of receipt of their check, SMIPP paid into Howell (Venezuela)'s account at the Bank of Boston the amount they were due: gross receipts less taxes, stevedoring, and, of course, SMIPP's commission.

I've learned more these last few months than stevedoring and I'm grateful for your patience and your understanding.

In 1966 he had been a twenty-two-year-old punk, as he was fond of saying when he told the story, with nothing on his mind but booze and broads and a couple of days' stevedoring a week to pay for the weekends, but when he had walked into a roundhouse swing in a brawl at the Shamrock Bar and Grill it had changed his life for him.

In any case his new interests paid better than stevedoring and he had never regretted a moment of it.

Within twenty-four hours, SMIPP de­posited a check to Howell USA's account at the Bank of Boston representing the total amount the wholesaler had paid, less taxes, stevedoring, SMIPP's commission, and the value of goods spoiled in transport.

Should he be reduced to stevedoring, to odd jobs, to burying rotten herring?