gandy dancer

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Noun
  • The trade was halted, and ships carrying Polynesian laborers were ordered back.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • We’re told that golf balls fished out of a pond are worth more than these laborers.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One quirk will apply starting in 2026 to reduce the tax break for very high wage earners.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves.
    Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Noun
  • Feast on pub grub like burgers, nachos, and mozzarella sticks at Anvil Pub and Grille, which, as a bonus, has fantastic waterfall views.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Winking Lizard Tavern Pub-grub staple Winking Lizard Tavern has multiple locations across Ohio, including in Peninsula, the park’s main town.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
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
Noun
  • The best agencies know how to blend AI visibility with the conventional hacks.
    John Hall, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Does the viral Whataburger cup hack actually help?
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Continue reading … TRUTH EMERGES – Former Beckham assistant says Brooklyn's family drama validates her alleged affair.
    , FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Instead of opening in a separate tab, the assistant now lives in a side panel that stays accessible across all tabs.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Labor Department inspector general's office has interviewed staff in connection with the investigation, which followed a complaint that Chavez-DeRemer was having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate and abusing her office.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Quarterbacks who have attained a certain status understandably don’t want to start over as subordinates, be assigned grunt work and wait in line for promotions.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Gandy dancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gandy%20dancer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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