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workhorse
noun as in eager beaver
noun as in go-getter
Example Sentences
A new version of the long-haul workhorse, it was already years late but had been expected to start operating in 2025.
"We're sick and tired of being workhorses for people," she said.
He watched closely as Woody Marks, the Trojans’ workhorse and Jackson’s roommate on the road, worked his way through a stellar season.
As the backbone of American commerce, formaldehyde is a workhorse in major sectors of the economy, preserving bodies in funeral homes, binding particleboards in furniture and serving as a building block in plastic.
He's an absolute workhorse and he'll keep charging in all day regardless of whether conditions are in his favour or not.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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