workpeople
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of workpeople
Example Sentences
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Droning the same long story at her about faceless workpeople is very different from brisk storytelling about colleagues she knows.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023
I worked in Mexico for almost a decade, and … one of the things that happened was I’d gotten to know a lot of local workpeople who assisted with excavations, many from low-income rural communities.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2013
Finally the 1,000,000 workpeople who continue unemployed in Great Britain should be able to find many a job in the producing industries which Chancellor Churchill proposes to assist or partially subsidize.
From Time Magazine Archive
A year ago 9.9% of Great Britain's registered workpeople were unemployed; but the figure crept up to 11.8 last November, and to 12.2 as a bleak New Year came.
From Time Magazine Archive
He finds “no time has been lost, and that the workpeople have already commenced putting the roof to rights.”
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell
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