manual worker
Example Sentences
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He and his working-class peers, on the other hand, were “put on the fast lane” to become a manual worker.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2020
Times recently bemoaned the evisceration of the American middle class, a topic that Laura Clawson jumped on at Daily Kos, pointing out that a manual worker can no longer carve out a middle class lifestyle.
From Forbes ● Aug. 21, 2011
Premiums, contributed equally by employers and employees, amount to 3% of white collar, and 5% of manual worker salaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their complaints: in most countries a physician makes five to nine times as much as a manual worker, but in Israel he is lucky if he makes half as much again.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact he would eat rather less, because the manual worker has a much better appetite, indeed requires more food.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by George William Russell
