Definition of workman
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: workingman
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: artisan
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Gundogan spent a long period of his career under Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund, and he is seen as the workman type player that would be perfect in the heart of Liverpool's midfield.
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And even as workmen are putting finishing details in public spaces, guests are already checking into what is the most expensive hotel in Houston.
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Soon after, a workman from the property peeled off the Trump name from the hotel's sign, dumped the letters in a plastic storage box and hauled them away in the back seat of a Hyundai hatchback.
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Bright , after a hurried survey of the situation, declared his belief that few, if any, of the ranchers, power workmen and power substation employes in San Francisquito canyon, the site of the dam, had escaped.
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April 3, 2016, near Philadelphia, where an Amtrak train going 99 mph slammed into a backhoe on the track, killing two workmen and injuring 39 people on the train.
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At times, styles that fused a Japanese and workmen’s aesthetic demonstrated Ossendrijver’s penchant for mixing vestimentary references.
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That's how the Phaneuf era begins with the Kings: with a warm outlook and a workman-like approach of a Western Canadian.
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But workmen carved the second Brave out of a plaster wall set for demolition.
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First Known Use of workman
before 12th century
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: a skilled worker (such as an electrician or carpenter)
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