barker | (noun) informal terms for dogs | Synonyms: bow-wow, doggie, doggy, pooch |
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(noun) someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers | - |
berserker | (noun) one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury | Synonyms: berserk |
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bookmarker | (noun) a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place | Synonyms: bookmark |
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brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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caseworker | (noun) someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) | Synonyms: social worker, welfare worker |
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corker | (noun) a machine that is used to put corks in bottles | - |
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(noun) (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person | - |
dockworker | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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fieldworker | (noun) a researcher who works in the field | - |
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glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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goldworker | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldsmith |
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guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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ironworker | (noun) a person who makes articles of iron | - |
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jerker | (noun) someone who gives a strong sudden pull | Synonyms: yanker |
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lurker | (noun) someone waiting in concealment | Synonyms: lurcher, skulker |
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marker | (noun) some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something | - |
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(noun) a writing implement for making a mark | - |
(noun) a distinguishing symbol | Synonyms: mark, marking |
metalworker | (noun) someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) | Synonyms: smith |
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mineworker | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: miner |
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needleworker | (noun) someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle | - |
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nonworker | (noun) a person who does nothing | - |
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porker | (noun) a pig fattened to provide meat | - |
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shirker | (noun) a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | Synonyms: slacker |
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silverworker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs articles of silver | Synonyms: silver-worker, silversmith |
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smirker | (noun) a smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied | - |
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sparker | (noun) a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack | Synonyms: spark arrester |
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steelworker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelman |
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tearjerker | (noun) an excessively sentimental narrative | - |
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woodworker | (noun) makes things out of wood | Synonyms: woodman, woodsman |
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worker | (noun) sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae | - |
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(noun) a person who works at a specific occupation | - |
(noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | Synonyms: prole, proletarian |
(noun) a person who acts and gets things done | Synonyms: actor, doer |