as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
on Labor Day we should give a thought to those toilers who work long hours at low-paying jobs
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Noun
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Engels wrote about the emergence of this group of laborers in his 1845 book, The Condition of the Working Class in England.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025 -
Some came as agricultural, mining or railway laborers; others served in the British administration or in the Brigade of Gorkhas, an organization in the British Army made up of people from Nepal.—
Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang,
The Dial,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mental health workers in small towns find such promises hard to trust after seeing local services come and go for years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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At the same time that Bass is proposing cuts to the Equity Bureau, her budget calls for an overall increase in Fire Department workers.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Toiler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiler. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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