Noun
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someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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laborer,
labourer,
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working man,
working person,
workingman,
workman an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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agricultural laborer,
agricultural labourer a person who tills the soil for a living
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bracero a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
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cleaner someone whose occupation is cleaning
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day laborer,
day labourer a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
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digger a laborer who digs
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dishwasher a machine for washing dishes
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navvy,
peon,
drudge,
galley slave a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
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gandy dancer a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
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gravedigger a person who earns a living by digging graves
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hewer a person who hews
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hired hand,
hired man,
hand a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
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hod carrier,
hodman a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
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itinerant,
gipsy,
gypsy a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
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logger,
lumberman,
faller,
feller,
lumberjack a person who fells trees
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miner,
mineworker laborer who works in a mine
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mule driver,
mule skinner,
muleteer,
skinner a worker who drives mules
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platelayer,
tracklayer a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
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porter a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
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rail-splitter,
splitter a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
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sawyer any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
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section hand a laborer assigned to a section gang
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sprayer a worker who applies spray to a surface
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stacker a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
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steeplejack someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
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dock-walloper,
dock worker,
docker,
dockhand,
dockworker,
longshoreman,
stevedore,
loader,
lumper a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
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stoker,
fireman a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
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woodcutter cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
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wrecker someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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