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| Allg. |
drudge; eager beaver; willing horse; plodder; worker; hunky (особ. из Восточной Европы); glutton for work (Anglophile); slogger (Anglophile); beauxite; a good trouper; a glutton for work; scrub (Taras); a towser for work; slave; worky (A worker or operative. Also attrib. 1833 T. Hamilton Men & Manners Amer. (1843) 171 The operative class [of New York] have already formed themselves into a society, under the name of ‘The Workies'. Ibid. 175 The Worky convention. 1855 H. Martineau Autobiog. (1877) II. 305 The reasons why no gentry were admitted were,..because there was no room for more than the ‘workies'. 1894 Sunday Reform Leaflet (Columbus, Ohio) Sept. 5 Take away this rest-day, and you..turn us into a nation of mere ‘workies'. OED Alexander Demidov); workie (a worker UK, 2002. PDS. Derogatory term for someone who is gainfully employed. "Hey you slacker: get a haircut and get a real job." "Up yours, workie!" UD Alexander Demidov) |
| abfäll. |
cooly (часто из эмигрантов) |
| Amerik., Slang. |
razorback |
| Gruzovik, umg. |
hard worker (masc and fem); plodder for work (masc and fem); towser for work (masc and fem) |
| Gruzovik, übertr. |
bee (a busy worker) |
| Iron. |
working stiff (ART Vancouver) |
| Makarow. |
a whale for work; busy as a bee; whale for work |
| Slang. |
Hunk; Hunkie; Hunky; razor-back; stiff |
| umg. |
grafter; prole; roughneck (alemaster); doer (Andrey Truhachev); busy bee (Andrey Truhachev); dockny (человек, живущий в районе доков Восточного Лондона. dzenkor); sticker; beaver (kee46); towser for work; workingman (Andrey Truhachev); workman (Andrey Truhachev); laboring man (Am. Andrey Truhachev); labouring man (Br. Andrey Truhachev); working man (Andrey Truhachev); laborer (Am. Andrey Truhachev); labourer (Br. Andrey Truhachev); working joe ("Lots of condos and apartments being built. Almost everyone is geared towards investors and remote workers. "Exclusive, luxurious, great for investments! Man, I wish this whole bubble would burst and working joes get a shot at renting or owning!" (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| veralt. |
base fellow (Taras); mean fellow (one who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow Taras) |
| Verächt. |
dogsbody; coolie (часто из эмигрантов) |
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| Allg. |
workhorse (Andrew Goff) |
| Игорь Миг |
hardworking people |
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| Dieb.jarg. |
PI (andreylav) |
