单词 | labouring day |
释义 | > as lemmaslabouring day C1. General attributive, as labouring day, labouring hour, labouring job, labouring work, etc. ΚΠ 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. x. sig. N His painefull labour, labours riches made, His labouring paine, did plesures profit win. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 4 Vpon a labouring day. View more context for this quotation 1763 Gen. Orders 11 Jan. in H. Bouquet Papers (1940) Ser. 21634. 129 To Mortar Makers, & Labouring Works of that kind £1. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 55 A slave woman is commonly esteemed least for her laboring qualities. 1896 J. Conrad Let. 5 Aug. (1956) 65 We must take a labouring cottage somewhere not too far from town. 1911 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 18 Nov. 5/5 Since the cold weather set in construction work has been abandoned, and laboring jobs are getting scarce. 1942 Times 10 Nov. 2/3 Transfer..of skilled tradesmen..to do labouring work for large contractors in other parts of the country. 2001 New Eng. Q. 74 376 Skilled work..now dominated his laboring hours. < as lemmas |
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