laborer's hands
Rough from toil
Laborer's hands are hands showing the physical effects of manual work—calloused, rough, often scarred or permanently stained.
The phrase evokes blue-collar authenticity and honest toil: He had a laborer's hands, thick-fingered and cracked.
Politicians sometimes claim laborer's hands to signal working-class credentials.
- callousedThickened from wear
- roughUneven in surface
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- blisteredFormed fluid-filled welts
- crackedHaving surface fractures
grip · toil · sweat · dirt · grime · strong · scarred · tools · hammer · shovel · aching · thick-skinned · honest · working class · blue collar · raw · hardened · muscular