workingman

But in a world of low single-digit growth, that gap has to be closed by someone, and that someone is the proverbial workingman.
Unemployment Report: Why Job Growth Is Stalling|Zachary Karabell|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The impudence of the authorities, to decoy an unsuspecting workingman across the State line, and then arrest him as my accomplice!
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Arthur sprang up as if he suddenly remembered that he was a workingman.
Wayside Courtships|Hamlin Garland
Joyce judged that the rough tones of the answer came from a workingman.
The Highgrader|William MacLeod Raine

He had told her, with that sardonic smile, that he was a workingman.
The Highgrader|William MacLeod Raine
A workingman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
Graded Memory Selections|Various

Origin of workingman