unskilled labourer

collocation in English

meaningsofunskilledandlabourer

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unskilled
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈskɪld/us
/ʌnˈskɪld/
Unskilled people have no particular work skills, and unskilled work does not need any ...
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labourer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɚ/
a person who does unskilled physical work, ...
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(Definition ofunskilledandlabourerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This ill compares with the remuneration of anunskilledlabourer.
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But there is no incentive to theunskilledlabourer.
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But you also gave theunskilledlabourera shilling extra.
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How are we going to solve it when theunskilledlabourerwants£1 a day?
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He will be on the streets and eventually he will become anunskilledlabourer.
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The average annual wage of anunskilledlabourerin these territories is about £36.
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We have argued before about the end of the days of theunskilledlabourer.
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Take the case of anunskilledlabourerworking for—l per week.
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I do not think the mechanician is anything approaching anunskilledlabourer.
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He has even got the name of being anunskilledlabourer.
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The other two, a driver and anunskilledlabourer, are, according to my latest information, still detained.
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So he is, but there is something more than snobbery in his resentment at being dominated by theunskilledlabourer.
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The aristocracy of labour have, however, very little regard for theunskilledlabourer, and those distinctions do obtain among workmen.
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They have seen that there must be a foundation, a minimum rate below which anunskilledlabourershould not fall.
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Only by the 23 million gainfully employed people, from theunskilledlabourerto the managing director, working as a team.
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I have in mind the case of theunskilledlabourerwith a large family, whose wages are never large.
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I was going on to show the inadequacy of the wages that are paid to what is commonly called the labourer, theunskilledlabourer.
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If he leaves the industry, because there is no work for him, he will not learn another trade but will become just anotherunskilledlabourer.
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The concept of the docker—a proud profession going back over 100 years—was replaced by the concept of theunskilledlabourer.
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We are all aware that the wages of theunskilledlabourerare very largely fixed by competition, and competition which is brutal and ruthless.
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There is nothing that requires revision more than the definition of what is a skilled workman and what is anunskilledlabourer.
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I would extend it to theunskilledlabourer, who is pocketing £6, £8, £10 or £12 a week, while the skilled craftsman considers himself lucky to receive £4.
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I do not say that theunskilledlaboureris getting too much, but the other man is getting far too little.
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A housing drive would also provide the means of returning people to work—not only the professional architect, but theunskilledlabourer.
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