Sailor breaking rule or prepared to give hand? (8)
I believe the answer is:
labourer
'hand?' is the definition.
(I know that hand is a type of labourer)
'sailor breaking rule or prepared' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'breaking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'rule'+'or'='ruleor'
'ruleor' anagrammed gives 'lourer'.
'ab' put inside 'lourer' is 'LABOURER'.
'to give' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for labourer that I've seen before include "Unskilled worker" , "Person who works with their hands" , "Navvy" , "He is said to be worthy of his hire" , "One is worthy of his hire, according to the Bible" .)