Definitions
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- noun A person employed to manufacture or shape
steel . - noun A person employed to build steel structures, an
ironworker .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker engaged in making steel
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Examples
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They steelworker is going to squeak a lot over reduced wages or loss of job.
Against MRV, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"I know I'm a steelworker and the bridge needs repair, but the government won't pay to fix it so we're out of luck."
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Mr. Sugahara said he was 10 years old when his father, a steelworker, died in the battle at the age of 42.
Japan Steps Up Search for Iwo Jima Dead Yuka Hayashi 2011
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Don Thomas, 60, of Mill Hall, a Penn State wrestling fan and former steelworker, said people were hoping a trial could be avoided so the boys wouldn't have to testify.
A Hometown Torn by Scandal Kris Maher 2011
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Today's steelworker can be tomorrow's solar panel installer, which is why we have to embrace the clean energy future.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: The Economic Choice: Should America Hold onto the Past or Prepare for the Future? Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins 2011
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"I know I'm a steelworker and the bridge needs repair, but the government won't pay to fix it so we're out of luck."
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But King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family in Newport: for thirteen years he lived a double lifeas the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer Clarence King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd.
Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009
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An older gentleman from the audience, a retired steelworker, came up to me later and shook my hand and said about my story that's exactly how it is in the mill.
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The second, Osama Ismail, lay recovering from surgery in a neighboring room while his father, Juma, a 43-year-old steelworker, stood by his bedside.
Libyan Rebels Gain Ground in Fierce Fight Charles Levinson 2011
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ÂToday's steelworker can be tomorrow's solar panel installer, which is why we have to embrace the clean energy future.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: The Economic Choice: Should America Hold onto the Past or Prepare for the Future? Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins 2011
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