working stiff

The numbers are enough to make the eyes of an average working stiff glaze over.

The New York Times reported that Levitt told jurors that Winkler was a “working stiff” who had been wronged by the government in a misguided prosecution.

In this way, unions offer an alternative to the ugly scapegoating and division too many working stiff–cosplaying conservative politicians offer in place of real solutions.

Danny married into the Irish mob; he started out as a dockworker, a mostly decent working stiff.

I’m a working stiff, and I like to look at myself that way.