HARD-WORKING
ADJECTIVES
1551 — LABOURSOME given to labour; hard-working → obs.
1591 — EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1615 — EYE-SERVING hard-working or obedient only when under observation
1641 — PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1729 — TEWING hard-working, industrious, energetic → Eng. dial.
1868 — ENDEAVOURING industrious, hard-working → Eng. dial.
1889 — NAGERING hard-working → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TEWSOME hard-working, industrious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1972 — HARD-GRAFTING hard-working → Aust. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON (also see WORKER)
1549 — TOILER a hard-working person
1555 — EYE-SERVANT a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer
1563 — MOILER a person who moils or labours; a hard worker; a drudge; a toiler
1626 — EYE-SERVER a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer
..17C — MISS GRIND a very hard worker
1823 — PEALER something remarkable of its kind; a hard-working, energetic person → Amer. dial.
1845 — WHEELHORSE one who does the hard work in some enterprise or cause; a trusted assistant; a hard-working or powerful person → Amer. dial.
.M19 — FAG a hard worker → sl.
1850 — BEAVER one who works diligently; a hard-working, diligent, active man → Amer. colloq.
1878 — TEWER a hard worker; an industrious, energetic person → Eng. dial.
1885 — FAGGER one who works hard
1891 — HARD GRINDER a hard-working student or professional man (Bk.)
1894 — PEELER a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster → Amer. dial.
1896 — PEYL-AWAY an energetic person; a hard worker → Eng. dial.
1898 — BATTLER a small-time hawker; a hard-up horse trainer struggling along in the game; a hard, conscientious worker → Aust. & NZ
1900 — GRAFTER a hard worker → sl.
1901 — DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student → Amer. dial.
1905 — RAKER a hard worker → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 — HINGER-IN a ‘hanger-in’; one who perseveres, a conscientious, hard-working person → Sc.
1941 — HIGHBALLER one who moves fast, works hard, etc. → US sl.
1943 — EAGER BEAVER an annoyingly diligent and hard-working person → US sl.
1960 — CONCH a devotedly hard worker → US students’ & Aust. sl.
1960 — CONCHIE → CONSHY a devotedly hard worker → US students’ & Aust. sl.
1960 — OIL-BURNER an exceptionally able or hard-working person → US sl.
1960 — QUEER one who works hard → US students’ sl.
1966 — HAWK a very hard worker; one who studies regularly → US students’ sl.
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