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Definition workman in British English

workman noun

[countable] noun
/ˈwɜː(r)kmən/
2

people tend to justify their bad performance by citing some external factors rather than their own failure to work well

Example

Rebecca is always complaining that lots of things prevent her from doing her job well, but I think it is just a case of a bad workman blaming his tools.

Definition workman in British English