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shape
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shape-up

shape-up [ sháyp ùp ] (plural shape-ups) or shape·up [ sháyp ùp ] (plural shapeups)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.S. hiring process for docks: a method of hiring dock workers in which those seeking work arrive at the docks in the morning and employers select from among them

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