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Recent Examples of workingman
Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night.
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Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
The people who are sitting in front of Hitler have, for the most part, sunk below the standard of living of a German workingman with a job.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
His workingman shtick, borrowed from socialist folk-music sentimentality, is sustained by the showbiz equivalent of the Democrat machine.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
The people who are sitting in front of Hitler have, for the most part, sunk below the standard of living of a German workingman with a job.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workingman
Noun
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Hilgenberg and Voigt were business partners, Blair was Voigt’s racquetball partner and McNeill was Voigt’s workman’s compensation lawyer.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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This game was all about Tarris’ workman-like performance.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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While the independent committee supporting Coyne is backed by Local 89, a laborers union, Crosby has been endorsed by the city’s largest labor union — the Municipal Employees Association — and the region’s largest labor organization, the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Only a few years ago, Black farm workers in the Delta settled lawsuits over claims white laborers from South Africa were paid more for the same work.—
Drew Hawkins,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Reminiscent of the Row or the elegant workingwoman aesthetic of Celine’s Phoebe Philo era, the clothes are instantly covetable.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2021
Noun
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Two raises have since been implemented, taking subminimum wage earners from $9.48 an hour to $12.62.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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As the Journal notes, the primary reason many wealthy blue state residents will benefit is a provision in the tax bill that quadruples how much in state and local levies an individual wage earner may write-off on his or her federal return.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Workingman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workingman. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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