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working stiffs

working stiffs is the plural of working stiff.

Meaning of working stiff

Noun

working stiff (plural working stiffs)

  1. (informal) An ordinary person who works in a non-management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a salary.
    • Now he spends his time off from work hanging out with his diminutive best friend Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), the casual-dress princess hero of racing game Sugar Rush. Ralph enjoys life as a working stiff, though Vanellope is growing bored with her racing-world domination.2018 November 14, Jesse Hassenger, “Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph Sequel”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019

Questions about working stiffs

What is working stiffs the plural of?
Working stiffs is the plural of working stiff.

Words near working stiffs in the dictionary

  1. working someone's arse off
  2. working someone's ass off
  3. working someone's butt off
  4. working someone's tail off
  5. working stiff
  6. working stiffs
  7. working terrier
  8. working terriers
  9. working the audience
  10. working the bar
  11. working the crowd

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