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labourer

British  
/ ˈleɪbərə /

noun

  1. a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Nothing could get in or out without the RSF saying so," said 34-year old day labourer Salaheldin Abdelqader, who escaped seven months into the siege and returned last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

"When petrol goes up, everything becomes more expensive," said Waqar Saleem, a day labourer at an Islamabad shoe store.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

In the mid-1990s Wright had been working as a labourer in Felixstowe and lived in the town until he moved to Ipswich in 2006.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

In the mid-1990s, Wright had been working as a labourer in Felixstowe, close to where his father and stepmother lived.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Toward the end of 1966 my father was temporarily laid off his job as a menial labourer for a white firm in Germiston, a white city an hour’s bus ride southeast of Johannesburg.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane