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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shape-up
    n 1: a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather
         around a union boss who selects those to be hired