gandy dancer
noun
gan·dy dancer ˈgan-dē- 
1
: a laborer in a railroad section gang
2
: an itinerant or seasonal laborer
Word History
Etymology
of obscure origin
Note: Claims that gandy refers to a "Gandy Manufacturing Company" or "Gandy Tool Company," a supposed maker of section worker tools, have never been substantiated and are probably specious.
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gandy dancer
noun
as in wage slave
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- wage slave
- wage earner
- workwoman
- laborer
- wageworker
- grub
- hack
- subordinate
- jobber
- assistant
- toiler
- cog
- employee
- drudge
- navvy
- underling
- flunky
- workingwoman
- workman
- worker
- flunkie
- workingman
- retainer
- flunkey
- yes-man
- associate
- colleague
- coworker
- nine-to-fiver
- temporary
- hireling
- jobholder
- temp
- hand
- employe
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- employer
- supervisor
- boss
- superior
- gaffer
- sociogram
- sociograms
- sociographic
- sociography
- sociohistorical
- sociolect
- sociolinguist
- sociolinguistic
- sociolinguistics
- sociolinguists
- sociologese
- sociologeses
- sociologic
- sociological
- sociologically
- sociologies
- sociologism
- sociologisms
- sociologist
- sociologistic
- sociologists
- sociologize
- sociology
- sociometric
- sociometries