hired help
Example Sentences
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“He hired help, and I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’
From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025
“If you treat people like the hired help — especially as younger people become more immersed in their career opportunities — they don’t stay in the job,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022
At some point during my two-week stay, I transcended from hired help to honorary family member.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
Will he explain he’s just the hired help and not really in charge of anything?
From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2021
The theory eventually circulated that Boori Ma had once worked as hired help for a prosperous zamindar back east, and was therefore capable of exaggerating her past at such elaborate lengths and heights.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
