day laborer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of day laborer
First recorded in 1540–50
Example Sentences
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The noise is in earshot of the IDEPSCA’s day laborer center, one of five operated by the organization that have supported workers for over two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
A day laborer, an organizer, a serenader, a skilled cumbia dancer and, now, an actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
He also said he would sell food to raise money to take Chris and the children of a day laborer who was detained during the bus stop operation to Disneyland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2025
Would he eventually become a day laborer, working for wages upon the estates of the wealthy?
From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
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