workingman

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Recent Examples of workingman Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night. Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 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 The people who are sitting in front of Hitler have, for the most part, sunk below the standard of living of a German workingman with a job. Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011 See All Example Sentences for workingman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
Noun
  • Hilgenberg and Voigt were business partners, Blair was Voigt’s racquetball partner and McNeill was Voigt’s workman’s compensation lawyer.
    Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
  • This game was all about Tarris’ workman-like performance.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Last January, a three-day raid in Kern County where undocumented laborers were arrested set off panic in the Central Valley and other farming regions with large immigrant workforces.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • As the sweep unfolded, dozens of laborers moved methodically through the forest’s steep and muddy terrain.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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
  • Two raises have since been implemented, taking subminimum wage earners from $9.48 an hour to $12.62.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • As the Journal notes, the primary reason many wealthy blue state residents will benefit is a provision in the tax bill that quadruples how much in state and local levies an individual wage earner may write-off on his or her federal return.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026

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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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