casual labourer
1casual labourer — noun A worker employed for short periods as required • • • Main Entry: ↑casual …
2labourer — n. 1) a common; day; immigrant; itinerant; skilled; unskilled labourer 2) (BE) an agricultural labourer (CE has farm worker) 3) (BE) a casual labourer (AE has transient worker) * * * [ leɪb(ə)rə] day immigrant itinerant skilled …
3casual */*/ — UK [ˈkæʒuəl] / US adjective 1) relaxed and informal The bar has a casual low key atmosphere. The interview took place around the kitchen table and was very casual. a) seeming relaxed and not worried about anything Paul tried to sound casual but I …
4casual labour — ▪ economics irregular employment or part time labour, including the labour of workers whose normal employment consists of a series of short term jobs. Casual labour is usually hired by the hour or day or for the performance of specific… …
5labourer — la‧bour‧er [ˈleɪbərə ǁ ər] , laborer noun [countable] JOBS someone whose job involves a lot of heavy physical work: • Nick found work as a laborer at a construction site. • a day laborer (= a worker who is hired for a day at a time ) …
6casual — ▪ I. casual cas‧u‧al 1 [ˈkæʒuəl] adjective JOBS casual workers are employed only when they are needed, and are not in permanent or continuous employment; = TEMPORARY: • Traditionally, labour in the construction industry has been employed on a… …
7labourer — (BrE) (AmE laborer) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ casual (esp. BrE), day, wage ▪ immigrant (esp. AmE), migrant ▪ manual ▪ …
8casual — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ almost …
9labourer — UK [ˈleɪbərə(r)] / US [ˈleɪbərər] noun [countable] Word forms labourer : singular labourer plural labourers someone whose job involves hard physical work, for example building work poorly paid casual labourers farm labourers …
10roustabout — n. 1 a labourer on an oil rig. 2 an unskilled or casual labourer. 3 US a dock labourer or deck hand. 4 Austral. = ROUSEABOUT …
