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- noun Plural form of
warehouseman .
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Examples
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The compensation of the warehousemen is a commission of from 2½ to 3 per cent. on sales.
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The opening 20 minutes is a perceptive, highly literate take on recent events, tough on the coalition, tougher on the England football team: "Like ageing warehousemen who've been given confusing placement instructions."
Bill Bailey – Dandelion Mind – review Paul MacInnes 2010
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Two young high-school graduates with similar job histories and demeanors apply in person for jobs as waiters, warehousemen or other low-skilled positions advertised in a Milwaukee newspaper.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ricci and the Inevitability of Affirmative Action: 2009
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The warehousemen and porters were such sturdy, jolly fellows, that it was a treat to see them.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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At this bidding, the older butler placed before his master a small tray of clean glasses, and opening the door admitted the jolly porters and warehousemen whom Nicholas had seen below.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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But his counsels, and his influence, and above all his warehousemen, well practised in beating carpets, were of true service to us.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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For I had chosen twenty young fellows, partly miners, and partly warehousemen, and sheep farmers, and some of other vocations, but all to be relied upon for spirit and power of climbing.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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Tidemand nodded to the busy warehousemen, walked across the floor, and peeped through the pane into the little office.
Shallow Soil 2003
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But it was easy for me to detach myself from the professionalism of the sale and the camaraderie with the buyers and warehousemen.
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[The warehousemen] were almost ready for a change of pace.
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