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swamper

noun

Definition of swamper

as in laborer

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Recent Examples of swamper Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away. — M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company. — Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021 If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived. — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017 That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar. — Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017

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Noun

And the web of contractors, local inspectors, developers, laborers, chipmakers and site managers adds cost, complexity, risk – and delays.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of laborer

Noun

The settlement will be paid by Hyundai Mobis, Kia and local staffing and recruitment agencies that helped find and bring the immigrant workers to Georgia on temporary visas.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
And in Pereira, a CNN team on the ground saw rescue workers and volunteers form a human chain to remove debris and help save those trapped from an apartment building.

— Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

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Instead, the Secretary of State's office sent four employees and the Attorney General's Office sent three attorneys to court.

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
But that line of reasoning did not resonate with the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 6,000 Sharp employees, 81 of whom received layoff notices Tuesday.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

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