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I . labour [ˈleɪbəɐ, Am -bɚ] N

II . labour [ˈleɪbəɐ, Am -bɚ] VB intr

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III . labour [ˈleɪbəɐ, Am -bɚ] VB trans

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casual labour N no pl, casual work N no pl

cheap labour N

hard labor N Am, hard labour N Brit, Aus LAW

labour camp N

labour costs N pl

labour dispute N

Labour Exchange N Brit econ

labour force N

labour-intensive ADJ

labour market N

labour movement N POL

labour pains N pl MED

Labour Party N no pl Brit, Aus POL

labour relations N pl

labour-saving ADJ

labour shortage N

labour ward N

manual labour N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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There he laboured hard to free the chapels from the heavy debts with which they were encumbered, and by which their growth and development were effectually hindered.
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His one ambition in life was the reformation and reclamation of prisoners, and to this end he incessantly laboured.
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Also, the craftworkers will effectively become models for the brand, which could lead to the activity becoming laboured.
www.marketingmagazine.co.uk
What follows is a long and laboured case of coitus interruptus, where the laughs are as hollow as the premise.
www.theglobeandmail.com
His family came from modest background but his father laboured hard to provide for the entire family.
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The critics have to come, and they will tell me that she is unwomanly, unnatural, turgid, the creation of a morbid imagination, striving after effect by laboured abominations.
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But the point that waitressing is physically gruelling was itself laboured, especially during a montage sequence in which she almost caused multiple spillages and miscounted a bill.
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But he laboured in vain, for the children could not live without clappings of the hands, and gestures, and gladness of countenance, and blandishments.
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And surely better than those dismal updated attempts at rhyming slang, so laboured and clumsy?
www.dailymail.co.uk
While your critique of the game overall appeared to be balanced, the carping on about the fighting style was somewhat laboured.
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