day labourerday laborern.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪ ˌleɪb(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪ ˌleɪb(ə)rər/

Forms: see day n. and labourer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., labourer n.

Etymology: < day n. + labourer n., after day labour n.

A labourer who is hired or paid by the day; one who earns a living by day labour.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day

journeyman1463

day labourer1528

daytal1548

serviceman1582

dayman1584

dayworker1587

daysman1617

journeywoman1733

journey-workman1756

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dataller1844

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journey-worker1887

journalier1891

1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes f. xvj Hyrelinges and day labourers which here on erth receave there rewardes.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. v. 89 Should a king then..prefer a meane artificer or a daylabourer before himself?

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 His shadowy Flale hath thresh'd the Corn That ten day-labourers could not end.

1699 Poor Man's Plea against Price of Corn 16 In the Southern parts of England, where a Day-labourer can gain 9s. per Week for his Labour.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xi. 264 It makes me sweat like a day-labourer.

1846 Fisher's National Mag. Apr. 977 The Contadini are of three kinds, yearly servants, monthly servants, and day-labourers.

1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xxvi A day laborer, who could..earn enough by the sweat of his brow to keep his wife and sick daughter from starving.

1922 World Tomorrow July 207/1 One man is as good as the next, whether he be day laborer or storekeeper, loafer or sawmill-owner.

2003 Foreign Policy May 89/3 By the late 1990s, the typical day laborer in Osaka could only get six to seven days of work per month.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	day labourer
释义	day labourerday laborern. Brit. /ˈdeɪ ˌleɪb(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈdeɪ ˌleɪb(ə)rər/ Forms: see day n. and labourer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., labourer n. Etymology: < day n. + labourer n., after day labour n. A labourer who is hired or paid by the day; one who earns a living by day labour. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day journeyman1463 day labourer1528 daytal1548 serviceman1582 dayman1584 dayworker1587 daysman1617 journeywoman1733 journey-workman1756 darger1803 peon1826 jour1835 dataller1844 dargsman1845 journey-worker1887 journalier1891 1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes f. xvj Hyrelinges and day labourers which here on erth receave there rewardes. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. v. 89 Should a king then..prefer a meane artificer or a daylabourer before himself? 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 His shadowy Flale hath thresh'd the Corn That ten day-labourers could not end. 1699 Poor Man's Plea against Price of Corn 16 In the Southern parts of England, where a Day-labourer can gain 9s. per Week for his Labour. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xi. 264 It makes me sweat like a day-labourer. 1846 Fisher's National Mag. Apr. 977 The Contadini are of three kinds, yearly servants, monthly servants, and day-labourers. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xxvi A day laborer, who could..earn enough by the sweat of his brow to keep his wife and sick daughter from starving. 1922 World Tomorrow July 207/1 One man is as good as the next, whether he be day laborer or storekeeper, loafer or sawmill-owner. 2003 Foreign Policy May 89/3 By the late 1990s, the typical day laborer in Osaka could only get six to seven days of work per month. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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