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   labouring

   /ˈleɪb(ə)rɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. working at an unskilled manual occupation: "the labouring classes"
   • 2. working or moving with difficulty: "his labouring heart calmed"
   • ▪ (of a ship) rolling or pitching heavily: "occasionally the labouring ship spat the caulking from some underwater seam"
   • 3. (of a woman) in labour; in the process of giving birth: "labouring women can use a flannel or a spray of water to cool themselves down"

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   What does labouring mean?

   • Sorry to labour the point, but it's worth labouring. But what she did say was that she was flying to Australia soon, where she was hoping to get farm labouring work. 2 meanings: 1. of or relating to working (esp in a job of a physical nature) 2. hardworking; drudging.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is a labouring person?

   • 1. a labouring man Throughout 1816 a savage anger spread through the labouring people. the labouring class (es) 2. labouring servants Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What does labor mean?

   • The meaning of LABOR is expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory. How to use labor in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Labor.

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   Who were the labouring women?

   • The sufferings of the survivors, especially of the widow of the labouring classes, are often protracted to a fatal extent. These women were generally younger maidservants and labouring women in their twenties and thirties. This garment illustrates items of popular fashion, as worn by middling and labouring women.

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   LABOURING definition: 1. present participle of labour 2. to do hard physical work: 3. to do something slowly with great…. Learn more.

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     LABOURING meaning: 1. present participle of labour 2. to do...

   • Znaczenie Labouring, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     labouring definicja: 1. present participle of labour 2. to...

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word labor, from physical or mental effort to the process of giving birth. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of labor.

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   labouring: 1 adj doing arduous or unpleasant work Synonyms: drudging , laboring , toiling busy actively or fully engaged or occupied

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   LABOUR definition: 1. practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort: 2. workers, especially people…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of LABOUR is chiefly British spelling of labor.

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   Labouring means doing hard or unpleasant work, or being busy or occupied. Find out the pronunciation, translation and related words of labouring in this online dictionary.