day laborer
Example Sentences
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A pair of blue and yellow earplugs dangle on Jose’s neck while waiting for work as a day laborer out of the Home Depot in Cypress Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
The day laborer center is more than just a workplace, said Jose, who asked to withhold his last name for fear of retaliation by immigration agents.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Moyers was born June 5, 1934 in Hugo, Okla., the son of a dirt farmer and day laborer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
He could sleep and work as a day laborer and take life easy for a while.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
