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working stiff

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working stiff
Fig. someone who works, especially in a nonmanagement position. (Originally and typically referring to males.) But does the working stiff really care about all this economic stuff? All the working stiffs want is a raise.
See also: stiff, working


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They were working stiffs, albeit rich stiffs, who were working under contract, for which they expected to be paid.
On weekday nights, working stiffs on Santa Fe's south side pile into eateries with bars.
 
 
 
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