workingman

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Recent Examples of workingman His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine. Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024 At the time, denim was a workingman’s textile that women rarely wore. Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023 Ryan Gramlich, Dartmouth — Touchdown runs of 1, 9 and 6 yards punctuated a workingman’s performance for the junior, who amassed 79 yards on 17 carries for the Indians in a 25-13 win over Greater New Bedford. Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023 As for some of the others, there is only a slight difference between their income and the wages of a workingman. Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 See All Example Sentences for workingman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
Noun
  • Two women take a selfie next to a mural by artist Banksy of a workman removing a star from the EU flag near the ferry terminal in Dover, Kent, in 2017.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Americana and denim go hand in hand, the stiff fabric harkening back to cowboy culture, workmen's uniforms and other mythologized aspects of the national identity.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • This structure, along with Structure II (likely a checkpoint or guard post), was part of the police and guard infrastructure surrounding the laborers’ settlements.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the manufacturing, construction and electrical trades, there's a dearth of talent as skilled laborers age out of the workforce without being replaced by younger workers.
    Kate Rogers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Reminiscent of the Row or the elegant workingwoman aesthetic of Celine’s Phoebe Philo era, the clothes are instantly covetable.
    New York Times, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
Noun
  • To avoid being cost-burdened, a minimum-wage earner in Miami would have to work more than 100 hours a week.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Last month, the overall consumer price index rose 2.9% and the index for urban wage earners increased 2.8%.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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