workingman

English

Etymology

working +‎ -man

Noun

workingman (plural workingmen)

  1. A man who works in exchange for payment, especially one that does manual labour
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 131,
      To her it seemed indecent that a pregnant woman of her standing (Government Service) should have to board the steamer without a husband to go with her and dispute about her accommodation and whisper anxiously to the doctor and stewardess—almost as indecent as a Government Service woman's having her baby in the hospital in Port Zodiac with the wives of workingmen and Greeks.

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