gandy dancer

noun

Definition of gandy dancernext
as in laborer

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  1. laborer
  2. wage earner
  3. grub
  4. jobber
  5. hack
  6. assistant
  7. subordinate
  8. toiler
Noun
  • Trump also got into trouble for hiring more than two hundred undocumented Polish laborers to handle the demolition.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Both are built by laborers, but opposing a pipeline amounts to stopping the creation of a few thousand jobs.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of laborer
Noun
  • Homes that were built to be attainable for a modest local wage earner were inflated into high-yield financial assets.
    — Jonathan Tower, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
  • Sanchez and Stewart have disagreed on housing policy in the city, but both have said there is a critical need to balance the expansion of market-rate apartments with units that are within reach of below-average wage earners.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of wage earner
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  • In town, Raquel's Bar on Playa Grande and Isabel's Dominican Shack at La Playita are great options for some grub.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • Moles are solitary insectivores that eat earthworms and grubs to fuel their high energy needs.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Definition of grub
Noun
  • The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025
  • Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
Definition of jobber
Noun
  • Bitcoin has absorbed this kind of week before, most recently when DeFi's yield layer was rebuilt after last November's hacks.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • After the hack was reported, lawmakers introduced a new bill in the House that would give Washington the authority to shut down rogue AI models.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hack
Noun
  • At Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, assistant music professor Benjamin Guerrero is co-teaching a class next year with a computer scientist.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Gainesville quickly lured Grayson’s coach, Santavious Bryant, a former Gainesville assistant, as Niblett’s replacement.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • The supporting figures are colorful enough, though Akkabi’s sneering chief villain arguably makes less of an impression than his subordinates.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
  • Almost all the coverage of this story has focused on who knew what, and when, about Sherrone Moore’s affair with a subordinate.
    — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of subordinate
Noun
  • Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of toiler
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