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For the average farmer, the global financial crisis and the reaction to it crystalized the idea that an elite financial cabal was putting the interests of bankers above the interests of the workingman.—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025 After all, one thing workingmen, women, and almost all of the enslaved had in common, on the commons, was the fact that none of them could vote.—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 McCardell is the one who ignored its provenance as a humble workingman’s textile and brought it to women’s wear.—Julia Turner, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025 Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night.—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for workingman
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of workingman was
before the 12th century
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