workingman
noun
a man of the working class; a man, whether skilled or unskilled, who earns his living at some manual or industrial work.
workingmen
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pluralof workingman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If the court kept overturning the New Deal, he reasoned, there would be “marching farmers and marching miners and marching workingmen throughout the land.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
This reminds us that Sinclair, a committed socialist who dedicated “The Jungle” to the workingmen of America, was disappointed by his book’s impact.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
It was as early as this phase in the company’s history that workingmen began to resent Pinkerton’s presence.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2019
Ambitious clerks and workingmen came next, perhaps influenced by the example of their employers.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Owen’s plan was to welcome everyone, even to the point of encouraging workingmen to visit in the evening, and to devote most of the museum’s space to public displays.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
