He lived only about a mile and a half from the Lincolns, and frequently had both old Tom and Abe to work for him,--the one as a rough carpenter, and the other as a common laborer.
It has been said that Lincoln once worked for Kirkpatrick as a common laborer, and suffered some indignities at his hands; but the story as a whole is supported by no credible testimony.
Lincoln, as we have seen already, was not enamored of the life of a common laborer,--mere hewing and drawing.
Such was the store to the charge of which Abe was now promoted,--promoted from the rank of a common laborer to be a sort of brevet clerk.
And this is the way I find you, sir, dressed like a common laborer.
Was it the mystery that constantly enveloped him, and out of which had come such a stream of generous acts, or was it the constant heart-hungry and lonely look of the man who certainly was out of his natural sphere as a common laborer?
He is living on an old plantation down in the mountains of Georgia, working like a common laborer, but he seemed satisfied.
Utterly without pretention, he was at first a common laborer, working at his trade in different cities in Georgia for a period of about fifteen years, in the early part of the century.
The difference was of great importance to me, but if I could not get two dollars, I was glad to get one; and so I went to work for Mr. French as a common laborer.
Could I have worked at my trade I could have earned two dollars a day, but as a common laborer I received but one dollar.
The fifth day after my arrival, I put on the clothes of a common laborer, and went upon the wharves in search of work.
Three out of the ten years since I left you, I spent as a common laborer on the wharves of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Once assured of my safety in New Bedford, I put on the habiliments of a common laborer, and went on the wharf in search of work.
If a man were so stupid as to have no choice as to occupation, he would simply remain a common laborer; but such cases, as you may suppose, are not common.
At the end of the term of three years as a common laborer, which every man must serve, it is for him to choose, in accordance to his natural tastes, whether he will fit himself for an art or profession, or be a farmer or mechanic.
I am strong, and might be a common laborer, but nothing more.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "common laborer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
