workingman

Example Sentences

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For all his workingman credibility, running as a Conservative can still be a bruising experience.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2019

They want the moribund broadsheet to trounce the Daily Mail and become the voice of the British workingman.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019

Bruno Sammartino was pro wrestling’s workingman champion and longtime box-office draw.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2018

It’s what a workingman might eat standing up while his daintier compatriots nibble on nigiri at a proper sushi bar; sushi that occasionally improves in a 7-Eleven refrigerator case.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2017

At first, they didn't recognize me in my workingman clothes.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals