Grubber
Grubber noun - A person who does very hard or dull work.
Usage example: most of the inhabitants of the seedy town are just downtrodden grubbers living from paycheck to paycheck
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Synonyms for Grubber
Plugger and grubber are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plugger" instead a noun "Grubber".
Plugger
Plugger noun - A person who does very hard or dull work.
Usage example: the quiet pluggers are the ones who really keep this company going
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