Names and nicknames for a common laborer: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
| NR | 28 |
| DITCH-DIGGER | 13 |
| WORKER | 11 |
| HIRED HAND | 6 |
| FLUNKY | 5 |
| LABORER | 5 |
| DAY LABORER | 3 |
| GREASE MONKEY | 2 |
| HELPER | 2 |
| ROUSTABOUT | 2 |
| WAGES-HAND | 2 |
| WORKINGMAN | 2 |
| COMMON LABORER | 1 |
| COTTON-PICKER | 1 |
| FARM HAND | 1 |
| FIELD HAND | 1 |
| FIELD LABORER | 1 |
| GENERAL FLUNKY | 1 |
| GRUNT-MAN | 1 |
| HIRED MAN | 1 |
| IDIOT-STICK OPERATOR | 1 |
| JOCKEY | 1 |
| MAN FOR HIRE | 1 |
| MAN-OF-ALL-WORK | 1 |
| MECHANIC | 1 |
| MIGRANT LABORER | 1 |
| ORDINARY WORKER | 1 |
| PEASANT | 1 |
| PEON | 1 |
| PICKER | 1 |
| PLOW-BOY | 1 |
| PUBLIC WORKER | 1 |
| SCAB | 1 |
| SHOVEL-LEANER | 1 |
| SLAVE | 1 |
| WAGE-HAND | 1 |
| WASHERWOMAN | 1 |
| WEDGE-HAND | 1 |
| WOOD-CHOPPER | 1 |
| WORKMAN | 1 |
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