fast worker

noun

, Informal.

1. a person who is quick and shrewd in gaining personal advantage:

   A fast worker, he soon knew everyone who had any pull.

2. a person who easily charms or fast-talks potential romantic partners.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fast worker¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

She was a fast worker, an earnest worker, a worker who made things fly when she set about making them fly.

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Almost anybody in Hollywood would have told her that Lynn Summerlad was "a fast worker."

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When Florence had found what she wanted she was a fast worker.

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I mean you are a pretty fast worker, Howard, to get engaged with a tyrant father guarding the doorstep and all that.

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He's a very fast worker, and one of the best men a daily paper ever got hold of.

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