laborers
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She is one of several performers who play the roles known collectively as “Kinker & Roust,” slang terms for acrobats/aerialists and “roustabouts,” a.k.a. circus laborers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Daniel Barbou, an 84-year-old grape picker, joined a small army of laborers in the scramble to harvest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The lives of servants and laborers can be difficult to reconstruct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The company also launched a “workforce academy” program to train skilled laborers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
As of this writing, today’s disparity between rich and poor is as wide as the divide between Swift and his laborers one hundred years ago.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
