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Examples of day laborer in a Sentence
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
Recent Examples on the Web
Many suburbs passed ordinances outlawing day laborers, pushcart vending, spontaneous games of soccer in parks, and foreign-language signage on businesses.
—Becky Nicolaides / Made By History, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
His parents were forced into the fields as farm day laborers.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
Advertisement Throughout his four-year social media career, Morales estimates that $700,000 has been donated to vendors and day laborers.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
For the most part, India's rural landless are day laborers and tenant farmers.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2013
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Word History
First Known Use
1528, in the meaning defined above
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
day laborer
noun
: one who works by the day or for daily wages especially as an unskilled laborer
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