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  • 71fellow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. comrade, associate, colleague; compeer, mate, equal; scholar; informal, person, man, boy, chap, guy. See humanity, friend, equality, accompaniment, male. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A man or boy] Syn. chap …

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  • 72laborer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. worker, work[ing]man or woman, wage earner. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. worker, day laborer, unskilled worker, toiler, blue collar worker, manual laborer; carpenter s helper, bricklayer s… …

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  • 73worker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. laborer, workman; artisan, craftsman; operator, doer, performer; journeyman, yeoman; Trojan; drudge; mechanic; toiler, moiler. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. operator, mechanic, machinist,… …

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  • 74fag — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun 1. One who works or toils tirelessly: drudge, grub, plodder, slave. Informal: grind, workhorse. See WORK. 2. Chiefly British. Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting: drudgery, labor, moil, toil,… …

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  • 75plodder — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who works or toils tirelessly: drudge, fag, grub, slave. Informal: grind, workhorse. See WORK …

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  • 76hack — {{11}}hack (n.1) tool for chopping, early 14c., from HACK (Cf. hack) (v.1); Cf. Dan. hakke mattock, Ger. Hacke pickax, hatchet, hoe. Meaning an act of cutting is from 1836; figurative sense of a try, an attempt is first attested 1898. {{12}}hack… …

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  • 77hack — I verb Stuart hacked the padlock off hack it Syn: cut, chop, hew, lop, saw; slash II noun 1) a tabloid hack Syn: journalist, reporter, newspaperman, newspaperwoman …

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  • 78menial — 1. adjective a menial job Syn: unskilled, lowly, humble, low status, inferior, degrading; routine, humdrum, boring, dull 2. noun they were treated like menials Syn: servant, drudge, minion, joe boy …

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  • 79sweat — 1. noun 1) he was drenched with sweat Syn: perspiration, moisture, dampness, wetness; Medicine diaphoresis 2) informal he got into such a sweat about that girl Syn: fluster, panic, frenzy, fever, pother; informal state …

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  • 80toil — 1. verb 1) she toiled all night Syn: work hard, labor, exert oneself, slave (away), grind away, strive, work one s fingers to the bone, put one s nose to the grindstone; informal slog away, plug away, beaver away, work one s butt off, sweat… …

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