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a labour of love labor of loveWork that is done for pleasure rather than money. Katherine spends all of her free time knitting baby clothes for her friends. It must be a labor of love.See also: labor, love, ofa labour of love COMMON A labour of love is a task that you do because you enjoy it or feel strongly that it is worth doing. Note: `Labour' is spelled `labor' in American English. There is no doubt that his debut novel is a labour of love, and obviously very close to his heart. They concentrated on restoring buildings such as the Victorian greenhouse, an expensive labour of love. Note: This appears in the Bible in 1 Thessalonians 1:3, `Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ'. See also: labour, love, ofa labour of love a task done for the love of a person or for the work itself.See also: labour, love, ofa ˌlabour of ˈlove a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary: This tablecloth is a real labour of love. It took her years to make it.See also: labour, love, of |