day laborer
Example Sentences
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Ricardo, who earns a meager income as a day laborer, shares his small single-family house with 18 other people, including his three children, parents and other extended family.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Fiction at Sundance this year, “Trokas Duras” is a lush depiction of a day in the life of a day laborer, or jornalero, in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
That’s when the day laborer took out his phone and started to record.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
A day laborer, who identified himself as Ceasar, said around 6:45 a.m. a yellow Penske truck pulled up to the laborers who had gathered in the parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
He commenced his business career as a day laborer and by industry, perseverance and tact, rose to a position of wealth and influence.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
