working bee
Britishnoun
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There is nothing feminine about a working bee but its anatomy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was the working bee, whereas the Earl was the drone.
From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony
He is the poor, plain, working bee; and the queen bee too often sits in regal state in her comfortable hive while he is toiling and moiling abroad.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)
"Why, you are going to a working bee just the same as the big girls, aren't you?"
From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Sidney, Margaret
I have been a working bee all my life, and have been quite contented with my lot; if you could only follow my example, I should be perfectly willing to let you go.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. by Peters, Charles
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