day laborer
Example Sentences
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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
A day laborer, who identified himself as Ceasar, said around 6:45 a.m. a yellow Penske truck pulled up to the laborers who had gathered in the parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
He also said he would sell food to raise money to take Chris and the children of a day laborer who was detained during the bus stop operation to Disneyland.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025
In 1770, a day laborer earned 5-6s. a week in winter and 7-9s. in summer, without board or lodging.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.
