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Definition of Day labourer
1. Noun. A laborer who works by the day; for daily wages.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Day Labourer
Literary usage of Day labourer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Yorkshire (1901)
"Elizabeth Daughter of John Gray day labourer Bapt. Dec. 8th. Robert son of Robert
Witty day Labourer Bapt. Jan 10th. Robert Luck, Rector. ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Every day labourer, common soldier, common sailor, or common seaman, \i.
Every person under the degree of a gentleman, 2t. And every person of or above the ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"1 sb. a day labourer. ... a day-labourer, chiefly in husbandry — one who works
by day-tale, ie a man whose labour is told or reckoned by the day, ..."
4. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"21, still in observance, imposes a penalty of Is. on a day-labourer, soldier or
sailor ; 2s. on any other person under the degree of gentleman ; and 6s. on ..."
5. A Universal Biographical Dictionary, Containing the Lives of the Most by Charles N. Baldwin (1833)
"... d he was obliged to work as a day-labourer, aving at length attracted Hie
attention of ж orthy clergyman, lie was by him ..."
6. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1838)
"It is not true that the day-labourer has not the motive of reward. The most
skilful and the most active are better paid than others ; those who distinguish ..."
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