grubber

as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work most of the inhabitants of the seedy town are just downtrodden grubbers living from paycheck to paycheck

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, blue-collar or trade laborers are expected to remain essential.
    Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • After California’s deal with Uber and Lyft, other states have moved forward with similar attempts to allow workers to unionize.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Grubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubber. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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