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    • labour :a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
      • there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

    • labour :work hard
      • She was digging away at her math homework|Lexicographers drudge all day long

    • labour :concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
      • she was in labor for six hours

    • labour :strive and make an effort to reach a goal
      • She tugged for years to make a decent living|We have to push a little to make the deadline!|She is driving away at her doctoral thesis

    • labour :productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
      • his labor did not require a great deal of skill

    • labour :a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

      • labour :undergo the efforts of childbirth

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