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swamper

noun

Definition of swamper

as in laborer

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Recent Examples of swamper Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away. — M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company. — Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021 If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived. — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017 That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar. — Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017

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Meanwhile, $12 million will go to a fund supporting out-of-work entertainment industry laborers.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2026
Without fiefdoms structuring the distribution of land, the division of labor, and the provision of military protection, agents of state coercion were needed to ensure that former serfs would serve as wage laborers.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of laborer

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Prescription drugs filled at a pharmacy represented 18% of a worker’s health care premium in 2021, after factoring in any rebates paid out by manufacturers, according to the consulting and actuarial firm Milliman.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Face masks were distributed to local kindergartens, and mandatory mask mandates were slapped on workers at the nearby Irkutsk Aluminum Plant.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of worker

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But Young noted that the child's lawyer, the judge, and government attorneys seeking deportation will all be federal employees.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
The service The service at Sala is seamless and friendly, and from arrival, the front desk staff feels more like a group of friends than a removed set of hotel employees.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of employee

Noun

In October, studio hirelings with sound cameras and recording devices descended on suburbs around Los Angeles and smaller southern California towns and asked voters to voice their political preferences.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.

— Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024

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