(名詞) 駕駛露營休旅車 (recreational vehicle, RV) 四處打零工的人。這個字是由 work + camper 拼綴而成。
-workamp (動詞):駕駛露營休旅車四處打零工。
-workamping (動名詞):駕駛露營休旅車四處打零工。
引句:
The coupling of RV travel and seasonal employment is known as "workamping," a movement that dates back two decades. The average age of a workamper is 59 and the estimated population of the roving community is climbing, according to Steve Anderson, editor of Workamper News. About 750,000 people are on the roll.
—Lisa Rose, "Workamping' gives outdoors enthusiasts seasonal jobs at parks and refuges," The Star-Ledger, July 11, 2011
Workampers are people who drive RVs around the country, from temporary job to temporary job, docking in trailer camps. "We're retired but we can't..." another explains to me about himself and his wife, shrugging, "make it. And there's no jobs, so we go where the jobs are."
Amalgamated advertises positions on websites workampers frequent. In this warehouse alone, there are hundreds of them.
—Mac McClelland, "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave," Mother Jones, March 1, 2012
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