noun
a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
• Syn: ↑day labourer
• Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑labourer, ↑jack
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noun : one that works by the day or for daily wages especially as an unskilled laborer
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an unskilled worker paid by the day.
[1540-50]
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day laborer,
an unskilled or manual worker who is paid by the day.
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noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
: a person who is hired for a day or more to do work that usually does not require special skills
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.