manual labour

collocation in English

meaningsofmanualandlabour

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manual
adjective
uk
/ˈmæn.ju.əl/us
/ˈmæn.ju.əl/
done with ...
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labour
noun
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofmanualandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmanual labour

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The work proceeded with bulldozers andmanuallabour.
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Manuallabourwas an important aspect of a child's upbringing which also had religious implications.
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The proportion of households that survived on the income frommanuallabourwas 359%.
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Such elimination of infestation sources by means of a biological control agent might be more economic than bymanuallabour.
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Pastures were established by farmers usingmanuallabourand without fertilizer in previously deforested areas covered with secondary growth.
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The onset of physical frailty, even amongst those who experience a lifetime ofmanuallabour, may begin earlier or later.
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Since solar cells are very thin and fragile, a mass ofmanuallabourhas been employed during the process.
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Sons more often providemanuallabourand support with physical tasks like mowing lawns and replacing and removing storm windows.
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Architects became distanced from the materiality andmanuallabourof craft-based work and configured their practice on intellectual terms.
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The domestic economy is a low technology form of production based onmanuallabourand few labour-saving devices.
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I already knew that work was the only solution to life's problems, creative work with somemanuallabourthrown in.
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This means replacingmanuallabourby machines.
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A lot ofmanuallabouris needed.
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Firstly, olive cultivation involves intensivemanuallabour.
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A man who works physically is engaged inmanuallabour.
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It can be tough going out to domanuallabour.
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None of us want to go tomanuallabour.
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They are in competition with contractors who employmanuallabour.
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Withoutmanuallabourand drudgery, power of wealth is removed.
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Some of those men are engaged inmanuallabour.
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They have not carried outmanuallabourduring their lives.
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None of us wants to go tomanuallabour.
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They are employingmanuallabourfor the purposes of production.
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Manuallabouris rightly determined to get a greater share.
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Then we have workshops, and the definition of a workshop is a place where people are engaged inmanuallabour—not clerical, butmanuallabour.
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