Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic)A man who is a day laborer.

    Back then, the digging of sewers was done largely by day men with shovels and picks.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. After a hard day's work, a man can do with a good, hot meal.

  2. One day the men got to his village.

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  3. One day a man will fly to the stars.

    ruКогда-нибудь человек полетит к звёздам. — nina99nv

  4. One day an old man went fishing in the river.

    ruОднажды старик отправился на реку порыбачить. — sharptoothed

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  5. Some day man will reclaim the desert for agriculture.

Origin

From day + man.

From day + man.

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Forms

plural: day men

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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