as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work
the quiet pluggers are the ones who really keep this company going
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Recent Examples of pluggers
Unfortunately for Jorgensen, just about every Big Ten roster has a post player like Fielder — long, quick pluggers with a hard elbow in your ribs and a soft touch at the rim.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pluggers
Noun
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While Ye did pay him $260,000, Saxon says much of that went back into the house and was used for construction material and laborers.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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Witkus offered to show him to where other laborers were working, and the man thanked him.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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In Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast, emergency workers were combing the rubble, looking for survivors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Pluggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pluggers. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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