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
  • But since 2010, changes in the populations that were migrating, and the failure of Congress to update the system with new legal channels for refugees and laborers, have made asylum the default access for migrants coming to the southwest border.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Much like his 19th century predecessors, protection offers Trump an appeal to diverse constituencies: manufacturing interests, union laborers, declining industrial towns in swing states, voters without college educations and access to tech jobs.
    Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of laborer
Noun
  • As the anthropologist Katherine Newman noted, welfare beneficiaries typically worked full time, but as mothers and caretakers, not wage earners.
    Alex Park / Made by History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Furthermore, positive wage growth was especially strong for moderate wage earners.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of wage earner
Noun
  • With Rodriguez on board, the show has continued to cast an authentic light on Los Angeles and its Latino characters, storylines and grubs.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Check with your local university coop extension service (find yours here) to learn the right time to apply grub control your area.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of grub
Noun
  • What election narratives are foreign actors pushing? Expect false tales of voters tampering with mail-in ballots, non-citizens casting ballots and hacks of election infrastructure in social media posts.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Grimms’ version hacks away at the French tale in other ways.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 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
  • Golden is a lawyer who has served as the first assistant in the Jefferson County Attorney's Office and as Louisville's Chief of Public Services.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The two companies joined forces in 2019 to create a pair of glasses powered by Meta’s AI assistant and with a tiny camera on the rim.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • Consider implementing 360-degree assessments to gather insights from peers, subordinates and supervisors.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Not wanting to be the bad guy, Paul took all of on his subordinates’ undesirable chores, ultimately injuring himself in the process.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of subordinate
Noun
  • The cogs in Lenù’s brain immediately start to turn.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Eastwood’s films match a respect for the military with a distaste for war and the callousness of officers who treat their soldiers as cogs.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of cog
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