WORKINGMEN Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

workingmen

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plural of workingman

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laborers

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And the web of contractors, local inspectors, developers, laborers, chipmakers and site managers adds cost, complexity, risk – and delays.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Trump also got into trouble for hiring more than two hundred undocumented Polish laborers to handle the demolition.

— Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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