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labourer

British

/ ˈleɪbərə /

noun

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

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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

The 55-year-old labourer said he had already spent more than 5,000 yuan on heating his home since October.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 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

Before the conflict, Ms Radha was a homemaker and her husband worked as a labourer.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Only neither the villein nor the farm labourer starved, when the master was a man like Sir Ector.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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