gandy dancer

noun

Definition of gandy dancernext
as in laborer

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  1. laborer
  2. wage earner
  3. grub
  4. hack
  5. jobber
  6. assistant
  7. subordinate
  8. cog
Noun
  • The shipyards needed laborers, and the promise of good jobs drew tens of thousands—many of them Black workers from the South and East—to places like Richmond.
    April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to Mar-a-Lago and the Bedminster golf course, Trump’s Virginia winery and his Palm Beach golf course also sought foreign laborers in 2024.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of laborer
Noun
  • That tax cut was to be paid for by raising the cap for individuals earning more than $250,000 annually and requiring more Social Security taxes to be paid by those wage earners.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
  • While certain state Pass-Through Entity Tax regimes may allow pass-through owners to decrease or avoid AMT tax, W-2 wage earners will be unable to avoid AMT applicability.
    Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of wage earner
Noun
  • Head into town for a little history lesson at Atwood House & Museum, in a 1750s home (open seasonally), harvest your own oysters with Chatham Shellfish Company, and cap off the day with a pint and pub grub at Hog Island Beer Co. Photo by Kosoff/Shutterstock 5.
    Katherine LaGrave, AFAR Media, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Unlike many birds that forage for easy-to-access food, these crows face a challenge: much of their diet consists of hard-to-reach insects and grubs hidden deep inside tree bark or nestled within crevices.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of grub
Noun
  • Krispy Kreme said the hack will probably hurt its bottom line because of a loss of revenue from the disruption to online ordering, paying for cybersecurity experts and the cost to restore its systems.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The background explanation is all well and good but irrelevant because the Sony hack isn’t your ordinary circumstances.
    Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of hack
Noun
  • Read full article Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Between his backstage segments, and being protected in defeat, Leon Ruff is quietly going from a glorified jobber to a legitimate midcarder.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 May 2021
Definition of jobber
Noun
  • The Giants hired Belichick as a special teams assistant in 1979 and promoted him to defensive coordinator in 1985.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a Hardeeville assistant coach started recruiting players to a new team in Georgia, which never came to fruition.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • Putin doesn't much appreciate strong allies, preferring subordinates.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of primarily being a subordinate to the head coach, Luck, 35, will preside over the coaching staff, player personnel staff and recruiting, as well as the business side of the program.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of subordinate
Noun
  • Companies haven’t adapted to the needs of today’s workers, who crave individuality and tailored experiences instead of being treated like cogs in a machine.
    Melody Brue, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The most rewarding and chuckle-worthy part of The Franchise continues to be the slow, tragicomic unravelling of Eric, who in the first five episodes has been squashed from visionary auteur into just another cog in the Maximum Studios machine.
    Jack King, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of cog
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