steel worker

collocation in English

meaningsofsteelandworker

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steel
noun[U]
uk
/stiːl/us
/stiːl/
a strong metal that is a mixture of iron and carbon, used for making things that need a strong structure, especially vehicles ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofsteelandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What about a miner or asteelworkerwho is injured at work but who could do a full-time sedentary job?
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Let me instead take the example of the widow of a 21-year-oldsteelworkerwho was established in employment and was earning £20 a week.
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Production is the main thing, and at the present time everysteelworkeris doing his best to aid production.
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Thesteelworkerwas happy when he worked for the nation.
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This year the average earnings of asteelworkerare £110 a week—over £5,000 a year.
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The man who produces foodstuffs has as much right to our protected market as thesteelworkeror any other.
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Asteelworker, for example, or a man in one of the boilermaking trades, has a 70 to 1 chance of gaining work.
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I have said that the coal miner and the car worker have a responsibility for the situation in which thesteelworkerfinds himself.
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I would rather see in the same family a bootmaker, a carpenter, a coal-miner, asteelworker, and a textile worker.
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It has been said that thesteelworkeris not so loquacious as workers in other industries.
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Does thesteelworkeror the railway worker choose his job because he thinks that that is how he can best serve the national interest?
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What hope of getting the miner or thesteelworkerto roll his sleeves up?
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Thesteelworker, as a rule, is not a great talker.
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One cannot expect that of asteelworkereither.
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He reminded me of asteelworkerwhen he talked about the robbers who went in, took the swag and bunked.
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If there is anything in it, why not protect the miner, thesteelworkerand the workers in the main industries of the country?
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Thesteelworkeris an honest man, who wants to see a good future for his children, as does a worker in any other profession.
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Thesteelworkeris like the soldier: he cannot leave his job.
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I believe that the miner, like thesteelworker, is a marvellous worker who can adapt to change.
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The craftsmanship of thesteelworkeris very definite.
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