| 单词 | labouring class |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabouring class labouring class n. now chiefly historical (frequently in plural) = working class n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > labourer or unskilled > collectively hewers of wood and drawers of water1535 labouring class1753 volk1882 wananchi1965 1753 W. Hird Remarks Pestilence & Pestilential Dis. 72 Here I cannot avoid taking notice of a most baneful and pernicious practice..amongst the inferior and labouring class of people. 1885 Ld. Pembroke in Pall Mall Gaz. 23 May 2/1 The providence which is all that is necessary in a rich country like ours to bring material prosperity to the labouring class. 1979 P. Mortimer About Time iv. 44 It was..unthinkable (to her) to send him to the village school, to learn his three Rs with the labouring classes. 2005 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 18 July 1 d Many middle class workers began receiving a week's paid vacation, a benefit that wouldn't be seen among the laboring classes until the 1930s. < as lemmas |
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