| 单词 | labour book |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabour book labour book n. now chiefly historical a book used to keep an account of workers employed or labour done. ΚΠ 1790 Gen. Rules & Orders in Gen. Regulations Inspection Prisons xxx. 36 If any prisoner committed to hard labour..shall be inclined to execute more than his or her task..every such prisoner shall be entitled to two thirds of the profits of such extra labour, an account of which shall be kept in a column of the labour book. 1824 Times 15 Dec. 4/1 (advt.) The Labour Book, consisting of forms ruled for keeping an account of workmen's labour and wages for 1824-5. 1936 A. Rand We the Living i. iii. 35 Every citizen over sixteen had to have a labor book and was ordered to carry it at all times. 2004 D. Mitch in D. Mitch et al. Origins Mod. Career xiii. 294 Further indication of the use of transient labour was the extensive listing of women, boys and girls on the labour book for this period. < as lemmas |
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