grubbers

plural of grubber
as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work most of the inhabitants of the seedy town are just downtrodden grubbers living from paycheck to paycheck

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Noun
  • Batman’s nemesis is a billionaire with his own personal island for committing atrocities; Superman is traveling the world combating corporate abuse of laborers; this year’s new addition, Green Arrow, flat-out hunts CEOs.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The organization later became the United Farm Workers, a union that fought to improve wages, working conditions and protections for agricultural laborers.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
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  • But the movement has widened to include workers demanding relief from rising living costs, making the government’s task broader than resolving a dispute over university admissions.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Also according to the emergency service, consecutive Russian strikes on a shopping center in Kharkiv injured four people late on Saturday, including three rescue workers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
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“Grubbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubbers. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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