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labourer

British

/ ˈleɪbərə /

noun

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

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"Farming only leads to financial losses. I'd rather work as a day labourer and earn 100 to 200 baht a day just to get by. Expenses don't go down, but income keeps falling."

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

"Everyone is worried," said 29-year-old labourer Bunty Goswami, a migrant worker at a shut plant.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

"Rising from the life of a young labourer, you have demonstrated through your own journey that democracy is the most powerful instrument for social and economic development," Lee said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 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

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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