Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An assembled group of dock workers from which the day's work crew is chosen by a representative of the union.
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- noun slang a gathering of
labourers , whereemployers hire them for day jobs.
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Examples
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The shapeup is the traditional system of hiring longshoremen on the waterfront; in his book, Jim quotes this description of (overwhelmingly Irish) longshoremen gathering at the Chelsea piers on the West Side of New York, hopeful of finding work, from Charles Brinton Barnes's 1915 study
Autism Hub 2009
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The shapeup is the traditional system of hiring longshoremen on the waterfront; in his book, Jim quotes this description of (overwhelmingly Irish) longshoremen gathering at the Chelsea piers on the West Side of New York, hopeful of finding work, from Charles Brinton Barnes's 1915 study
Autism Hub 2009
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Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week are; freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney and editor, Arsalan Iftikhar, Sports Illustrator reporter Pablo Torre, and syndicated columnist Marc Lamont Hill, who's also an associate professor of education in African-American Studies at Columbia University.
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Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week are freelance writer Jimi Izrael, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, civil rights attorney and editor Arsalan Iftikhar, and NPR's political editor Ken Rudin.
'Shop Talk': The Political Witchunt For Christine O'Donnell 2010
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Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week are freelance writer Jimi Izrael, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, civil rights attorney and editor Arsalan Iftikhar, and NPR's political editor Ken Rudin.
'Shop Talk': The Political Witchunt For Christine O'Donnell 2010
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Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week are; freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney and editor, Arsalan Iftikhar, Sports Illustrator reporter Pablo Torre, and syndicated columnist Marc Lamont Hill, who's also an associate professor of education in African-American Studies at Columbia University.
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Sitting in the chair for a shapeup this week are: Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarette and screenwriter and graphic novelist John Ridley.
'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? 2010
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Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week are freelance writer Jimi Izrael, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, civil rights attorney and editor Arsalan Iftikhar, and NPR's political editor Ken Rudin.
'Shop Talk': The Political Witchunt For Christine O'Donnell 2010
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Sitting in the chair for a shapeup this week are: Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarette and screenwriter and graphic novelist John Ridley.
'Shop Talk': Should Kendrick Meek Stay In Florida Senate Race? 2010
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Sitting in the chairs for a shapeup this week are freelance writer Jimi Izrael, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, civil rights attorney and editor Arsalan Iftikhar, and NPR's political editor Ken Rudin.
'Shop Talk': The Political Witchunt For Christine O'Donnell 2010
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