common laborer
Example Sentences
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For example, in London in the 1860s, a male common laborer who possessed no particular skills could earn about twenty shillings a week.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
A yearly subscription cost almost a week’s wages for a common laborer, so many readers followed the news at their local tavern or lending library.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
His favorite meal consisted of coarse bread, a few sardines, and a piece of cheese—the usual food of a common laborer.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
The President, Infantry Colonel Jose Maria Lemus, 47, is proud that "you cannot get a common laborer here nowadays for less than 80� a day."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now look at him, a common laborer for the Electricity Supply Board and a house that’s a disgrace.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
