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porter

[pawr-ter, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tər, ˈpoʊr- /


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A transit porter and motorman with the New York City subway in the 1980s, Mr. Naiden was active in a tiny communist cell within the union, endorsing free fares and encouraging turnstile hopping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

As a $5.28-an-hour porter he had to scrap 15,000 square feet of trash every 60 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

She returned the key to Caius' senior shift porter, John Turton, at the Trinity Street Porters' Lodge during her recent visit.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

A porter trotted at their heels, pushing a wheelbarrow heaped high with provisions: salt and flour, fresh-churned butter, slabs of bacon wrapped in linen, sacks of oranges, apples, and pears.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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