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
Fiction at Sundance this year, “Trokas Duras” is a lush depiction of a day in the life of a day laborer, or jornalero, in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
He also represents the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a day laborer who was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador in the spring, then returned on the order of a federal judge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
A famous architect once wrote that he could furnish a plan for a house of a given size and cost without knowing whether the owner was a millionaire or a day laborer.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
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