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单词 labouring time
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labouring time
labouring time n. (a) a time at which labouring takes place; (formerly) spec. (Scottish) †the season for ploughing (cf. labour v. 1b) (obsolete); (b) time spent labouring (in various senses of the verb).
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1549 Protocol Bk. J. Crawford (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 37, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The sayd Walter..sall entyr to the tane half of the maleyng..instantlie at this lawbourin tym.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. xxxi. 311 To poind a labouring Oxe, in labouring time, is in all cases unlawful.
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. vi. 336 By labouring time is understood that time, in which the particular tenant..is plowing.
1877 Times 21 Feb. 4/6 Winter has set in and the labouring time will soon come.
1957 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 27 Jan. 19/8 The laboring time will consist of six nine-hour days for a total of 54, which would permit spreading out of time for snow removal.
2007 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 5 May 14 The women were appreciative that they had spent even part of their laboring time at home.
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