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journeymen

  • plural
    of journeyman.
    journeyman
    noun
    a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.

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Tortorella is one of the best-traveled journeymen in North American hockey.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

"People aren't going to remember Anthony Joshua for knocking out Jake Paul - George Foreman and Muhammad Ali fought fad events and journeymen, and nobody talks about that anymore."

From BBC Nov. 13, 2025

And neither were most of the guys in the D-backs’ bullpen, which is a mixture of castaways, journeymen and youngsters.

From Washington Times Oct. 12, 2023

But it will take a commitment that the ballclub shockingly didn’t make last offseason, when their additions were largely role players, journeymen or lapsed veterans.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2023

He would take it out of the pocket where he always kept it, with a flourish, display it to the sickening curiousity of the master, apprentices, journeymen, lady customers.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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