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Noun: yard worker
  1. Worker in a railway yard
    "The yard worker coupled the train cars efficiently"
     
  2. A labourer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
    "The yard worker trimmed the hedges and raked the leaves"

Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], railroader [N. Amer]