labourer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Everyone is worried," said 29-year-old labourer Bunty Goswami, a migrant worker at a shut plant.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 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
According to Raanan's office, the volume was found in Gaza by a Palestinian labourer who worked in Israel before the war.
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
Lancelot stopped at once, as if he were a farm labourer who had been given permission to knock off for his dinner.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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