Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who toils; one who labors in a wearying or unremitting manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who toils, or labors painfully.
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- noun A person who
toils orlabors .
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- noun one who works strenuously
Etymologies
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Examples
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To better the condition of the toiler was his sincere desire.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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The robbery of the commonwealth and the toiler is our chronic condition.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Various 1888
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To better the condition of the toiler was his sincere desire.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885
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"The living in their houses, and in their graves the dead," are challenged by every babe that dies of innutrition, by every girl that flees the sweater's den to the nightly promenade of Piccadilly, by every worked-out toiler that plunges into the canal.
THE MANAGEMENT 2010
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One toiler tells of a meeting at Pickles HQ when the then newly appointed perm sec arrived for a "meet the troops" briefing.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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We cannot understand the starved and runty {2} toiler of the
CORONATION DAY 2010
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Man, the mighty toiler, reacting upon a hostile environment, she thought, going back in memory to the masters whose wisdom she had shared in lecture-room and midnight study.
CHAPTER I 2010
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And he has been – one way or another – the most successful and/or loathed national newspaper editor ever since, a relentless early-morning to late-night toiler, a perfectionist, a master of all journalism's trades, a figure of admiration and apprehension for those who work under him.
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Also, keep your eyes peeled for a Heene kid slathered in brown sludge and a Santa hat, emerging Mr. Hankey-style from the toiler.
Heene family's TV past: Now, like Balloon Boy, we all want to barf | EW.com 2009
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Step forward, Ed Robinson, plucky young toiler for Sky Sports, assigned the task of interviewing Audley Harrison after Saturday's title fight in Manchester.
Pity the man with the worst job on television Martin Kelner 2010
camf3 commented on the word toiler
This word has a fine detail with the letters T,o,i, and l it really bbrings out the irrevelance to toilet
March 18, 2009