"working stiff" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From working + stiff (“average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education”).",
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    "work‧ing"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2018 November 14, Jesse Hassenger, “Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph Sequel”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-11-21",
          "text": "Now he spends his time off from work hanging out with his diminutive best friend Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), the casual-dress princess hero of racing game Sugar Rush. Ralph enjoys life as a working stiff, though Vanellope is growing bored with her racing-world domination.",
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          "ref": "2023 May 28, Robert Armstrong, “The world wobbles; the luxury industry strides on”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 21",
          "text": "The balance sheets of the middle class have improved as well. Good. But if working stiffs have come out OK, the richest have consolidated their gains.",
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        "An ordinary person who works in a non-management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a salary."
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          "non-management",
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          "wages",
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        "(originally US, informal) An ordinary person who works in a non-management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a salary."
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      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
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  "word": "working stiff"
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  "etymology_text": "From working + stiff (“average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education”).",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Now he spends his time off from work hanging out with his diminutive best friend Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), the casual-dress princess hero of racing game Sugar Rush. Ralph enjoys life as a working stiff, though Vanellope is growing bored with her racing-world domination.",
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