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Examples of day laborer in a Sentence
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
Recent Examples on the Web
In southern Lebanon, the fighting has displaced more than 95,000 people, according to the International Organization for Migration, and damaged homes and the farmland where many Syrians worked as day laborers.
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Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Advertisement Median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, where many migrants find their first jobs working as day laborers or selling fruit on street corners, is $1,872, according to real estate firm Apartment List.
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Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network assembly, which kicked off on Sunday, brought together at least 500 attendees and 70 different day laborer centers that help migrants find jobs and know their legal rights, according to Chris Newman, general counsel for the organization.
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Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
Like many day laborers, they were hired without any official paperwork.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1528, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 4 Jul. 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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