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
Finding no one in what passes for the executive suite, the captain learned that the shipyard's Most Responsible Person was down on the wharf, doing his required weekly stint as a common laborer.
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
