day laborer

Example Sentences

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He chatted with a day laborer who stopped by to grab a snack, and explained they were there to film any interactions with federal agents, as part of their national rapid-response effort.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 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

That’s when the day laborer took out his phone and started to record.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 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

George Ade kept pegging away at his "Fables" with the regularity of a day laborer, and Peter Finley Dunne ground out his "Mister Dooley" like an unwearied sausage-grinder.

From Goat-Feathers by Butler, Ellis Parker