labor; labour; toil




productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

Type of:
  • work

Types:
  • roping
  • corvee
  • drudgery; plodding; grind; donkeywork
  • effort; elbow grease; exertion; travail; sweat
  • hunt; hunting
  • hackwork
  • haymaking
  • manual labor; manual labour
  • overwork; overworking
  • slavery


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