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
  • 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
  • Also on view was one of his French workman’s jacket and more than 200 books, photos and notes as well as his feather collection.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, blue-collar or trade laborers are expected to remain essential.
    Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On the Mauser Packaging Solutions plant floor, laborers do the dirty work of reconditioning steel containers used to transport chemicals.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 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
  • The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes benefits to more than 70 million people, including retirees, disabled workers and the families of deceased wage earners.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 19 July 2025

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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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