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laborer - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor |
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labourer,
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workingman,
working man,
working person,
workman an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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agricultural laborer,
agricultural labourer a person who tills the soil for a living
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bracero a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
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cleaner someone whose occupation is cleaning
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day laborer,
day labourer a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
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digger a laborer who digs
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dishwasher a machine for washing dishes
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drudge,
galley slave,
navvy,
peon a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
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gandy dancer a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
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gravedigger a person who earns a living by digging graves
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hewer a person who hews
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hand,
hired hand,
hired man physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores"
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hodman,
hod carrier a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
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gipsy,
gypsy,
itinerant a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
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faller,
feller,
logger,
lumberjack,
lumberman a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves"
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miner,
mineworker laborer who works in a mine
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muleteer,
mule driver,
mule skinner,
skinner a worker who drives mules
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platelayer,
tracklayer a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
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porter a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
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rail-splitter,
splitter a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
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sawyer any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
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section hand a laborer assigned to a section gang
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sprayer a worker who applies spray to a surface
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stacker a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
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steeplejack someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
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dock-walloper,
docker,
dockhand,
dockworker,
dock worker,
loader,
longshoreman,
lumper,
stevedore an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
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fireman,
stoker play in which children pretend to put out a fire
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woodcutter cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
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wrecker someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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yardman a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
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