workman

IPA: wˈɝkmʌn

noun

  • A man who labours for wages.
  • An artisan or craftsman.
  • A surname.
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Examples of "workman" in Sentences

  • In the café entrance a workman is setting up a second-hand radio on a wall.
  • A period had been reached, and he was rounding it off in workman-like fashion.
  • The doctrine that the workman is entitled to a living wage has become obsolete.
  • So all the world, like the British workman, is 'twixt the devil and the deep sea.
  • Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic.
  • But if the workman is not able to pay for it, he will not have the speed and steam, that is all.
  • The British workman is a handy man and he helps by making benches and other rough furniture and equipment.
  • The British taxpayer, of course, in the end pays, but the British workman is kept busy producing the goods.
  • The forces of supply and demand determine these prices — and the price of a skilled workman is no exception.
  • An American workman will "give equal attention simultaneously to three, four, or six machines or tools, while the British workman is compelled by his trade union to limit his attention to one, so that employment may be given to half-a-dozen men."

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