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The phrase "working stiff" is a commonly used and accepted idiom in written English.
It is typically used to refer to someone who works hard and is often tired or overwhelmed by the effort and stress of their job. For example: "Don't worry about not having the latest technology. You're just a working stiff like the rest of us."
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So which team better understands the working stiff?
Outside the ring, Oliveros is a working stiff.
No working stiff would sniff at such a slight raise.
Even her friends thought this an unconvincing show of solidarity with the working stiff.
As a fellow working stiff, I get how valuable time off is.
"In the grand scheme of football, you are just a working stiff," Tiki said.
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He is the underdog, the hard-working stiff who waits for a break only to be pushed back or passed over by the boss's latest fair-haired boy.
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He's an asset in an already accomplished production of "American Buffalo," David Mamet's bitterly funny play about working-stiff machismo and helpless rage.
For the working-stiff fighters, the goal isn't necessarily victory but survival.
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