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hardworking

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hard´work`ing
adj.1.habitually working diligently and for long hours.
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Adj.1.hardworkinghardworking - characterized by hard work and perseverance
industrious, untiring, tireless
diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"
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I lent money to those who needed it, giving the preference to hardworking poor people, because they served as an example.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
He felt shy with her and in his heart he resented her great beauty: she dressed more magnificently than became the wife of a hardworking surgeon; and the charming furniture of her house, the flowers among which she lived even in winter, suggested an extravagance which he deplored.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He is competent, hardworking, honest and capable of real love.
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