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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
Noun
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The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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The actions of delivery truck drivers, warehouse laborers and many others can be tracked and sifted, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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But the past few years of layoffs, hiring slowdowns, and dwindling worker protections have left a subset of wage earners inclined to keep their cards close.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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