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workingman

[ wur-king-man ]

noun

, plural work·ing·men.
  1. a man of the working class; a man, whether skilled or unskilled, who earns his living at some manual or industrial work.


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Gender Note

See -man.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of workingman1

First recorded in 1630–40; working + man
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Example Sentences

But in a world of low single-digit growth, that gap has to be closed by someone, and that someone is the proverbial workingman.

The impudence of the authorities, to decoy an unsuspecting workingman across the State line, and then arrest him as my accomplice!

Arthur sprang up as if he suddenly remembered that he was a workingman.

Joyce judged that the rough tones of the answer came from a workingman.

He had told her, with that sardonic smile, that he was a workingman.

A workingman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

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