Where I work, we call the non-worker nurses "lab coat ladies". From Wordnik.com. [News Flash: Clara Barton was a Nurse.] Reference
Otherwise, it works well enough to deter non-worker related interruptions. From Wordnik.com. [Use Unplugged Earphones To Avoid Pesky Interruptions | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
A non-worker, a non-person, ineligible for any assistance of any kind whatsoever. From Wordnik.com. [Too Poor for Bankruptcy] Reference
We should learn from this that all non-worker bees be given 2-3 year duration contracts. From Wordnik.com. [Records Reveal Most of Those Targeted by McGinn Cuts Are Over 40 « PubliCola] Reference
Matthews derided Santelli's "notion that the worker bees were being screwed by the non-worker bees.". From Wordnik.com. [Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann Mock Rick Santelli (VIDEO)] Reference
Its success helps to wean Fosatu away from its suspicion of alliances with non-worker, community groups. From Wordnik.com. [Contents] Reference
People who assume that "not working for money" means "useless parasitic lump" without checking what the non-worker actually does. From Wordnik.com. [Things annoying me today] Reference
I know the California Teacher's Union has had a fair amount of controversy over that, as have UNITE-HERE, SEIU, and alot of the others top-down, non-worker organizing unions. From Wordnik.com. [Striking the House of Labor??] Reference
All right, Claire's above comment read: my reaction to it referencing the "jus de pere" malaprop pretty much just got me fired, or at least outted me as a non-worker in this office environment. From Wordnik.com. [Around the Thanksgiving table, a familiar dilemma emerges] Reference
In any given year there is a finite amount of such goods produced so anything consumed by a non-worker (child, retiree, unemployed person) must decrease the goods available for the worker to consume. From Wordnik.com. [Defending Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Without saying a disparaging word Herrick appeared to belittle the efforts made by Owen and his fellows to enlighten the world; and since everyone knows that the criticism of a non-worker is a hundred times more irritating than that of a co-operator, Owen may be excused for finding Herrick uncongenial. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
A dreary monotony is dangerous even for the worker; for the non-worker it may be ruinous. From Wordnik.com. [Psychotherapy] Reference
Share capital also still only carries one vote per person and with no non-worker owners, co-ops remain in the hands of their active workforces. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pepper] Reference
The labourer who feels little and thinks less, has the digestion of an ostrich; while the non-worker is never allowed to forget that he has a stomach, and is obliged to watch every mouthful that he eats. From Wordnik.com. [Thrift] Reference
I have the impression that some European countries make it possible for a non-worker to live essentially the same way a worker does, and this is not good–it’s not a step towards a world where merit is rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [Being a leftist is about rewarding merit] Reference
Ruskin's, with powerful local legislation, could not fail to end the trouble which is at the present moment making a tremendous drain on the pockets of the law-abiding citizen of this country, in that system of workhouses, which besides being subversive of the very idea of home-life amongst our poor, degrades the non-worker, and rankles as a lasting shame in the hearts of those whom misfortune alone has driven to that last resource of the unfortunate. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
Its my non-mommy, non-worker time. From Wordnik.com. [Demonic Doesn't Come Close] Reference
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