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DAY LABOURER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does day labourer mean?
• DAY LABOURER (noun)
The noun DAY LABOURER has 1 sense:
1. a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
Familiarity information: DAY LABOURER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
day laborer; day labourer
Hypernyms ("day labourer" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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