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The day shift also starts making factory-work jokes, with Rekha playing a perky do-bee who just wants to make the boss happy, and Lily adopting an agitator role, demanding workman’s comp and trying to spark revolt.—Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026 After Napoleon Dynamite, Gries landed a recurring role on Lost as Ben Linus' father, Roger, a DHARMA Initiative workman.—Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Four years ago, a longtime admirer of Morris’s, Paul Clements, produced a workman-like survey of the travel writer’s life and oeuvre; now Wheeler comes forth with a much deeper and more questioning look at an author who could seem at home everywhere, yet remain a stranger in her own household.—Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 2 May 2026 An over-excited group of fans celebrated the two saves by breaking a pane of glass behind the Kings bench, sending the coaches scurrying and pausing the game for several minutes as workmen repaired the damage.—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for workman
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of workman was
before the 12th century