day laborer

noun

: one who works for daily wages especially as an unskilled laborer

Examples of day laborer in a Sentence

They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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Some also work as off-the-books day laborers in factories, farms, and other formal businesses that don’t extend full rights or protections to all of their employees. Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2020 The third group includes those without land, who work as day laborers on someone else's land. Photovogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024 Regulations on employers loosened after 1980, allowing businesses to gradually offload risks onto subcontractors, day laborers, and other flexible workers. Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2020 Victor Moreno is the day laborer employment advocate for the Street Level Health Project. Victor Moreno, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for day laborer 

Word History

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of day laborer was in 1528

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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 27 Nov. 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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