hardworking

Successful, hardworking parents who—with kids grown and out of the house—are ready to be themselves once more.

He was a hardworking miner in a gold claim at Gympie, one of the most permanent reefing fields in Queensland.

He had nothing to spend his money on for he had no children and his wife was as saving and hardworking as himself.

There was a clean, tidy, hardworking woman, who was most particular about keeping her house in order.

They are hardworking but thriftless, and much given to drink, chiefly toddy.

For, as a general rule, the hardworking Indian woman is more strongly developed in proportion than her lazy lord.