manual labourer

collocation in English

meaningsofmanualandlabourer

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manual
adjective
uk
/ˈmæn.ju.əl/us
/ˈmæn.ju.əl/
done with ...
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labourer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɚ/
a person who does unskilled physical work, ...
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(Definition ofmanualandlabourerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He is not amanuallabourer.
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It does not matter whether the person concerned is amanuallaboureror a company director.
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The individual is being used almost as amanuallabourer, with several others.
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He gave an altogether new dignity to manual labour and to themanuallabourer.
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It goes to the consumer, every penny of it; and the consumer in the main is the hardmanuallabourer.
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That is the only possible solution—that themanuallabourershould do his level best for the wage he receives.
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Themanuallabourer, in this circumstance, where training, education and age are taken into account, is not sick.
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He spent most of his career as amanuallabourer, both at sea and on land.
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After the party was dissolved at the communist takeover, he worked as amanuallabourer.
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For years past, the trend has been to neglect and degrade themanuallabourer, upon whose work the whole of society depends.
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Themanuallaboureris the man who, if given the opportunity of seeing a vision of a full life, will respond.
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There is no class in this country, either rich or poor, brain worker ormanuallabourer, which shirked its duty during the last five years.
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The first is almost too obvious: a child born to professional parents can expect to live five years longer than a child of an unskilledmanuallabourer.
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It has been said that every man, rich or poor, should, once in his life, be amanuallabourer, in order that he might learn what manual labour is.
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I have always felt that the more the various sections mix—themanuallabourerwith the blackcoated worker, the industrial worker with the professional worker—the better they will understand each other.
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His preliminary remarks seemed to imply that the only thing amanuallabourerdesired was to work as many hours as possible and to get as little recreation as possible.
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He became a proof-reader at a printing press after having tried out being amanuallabourer, gardener, cement worker and a beggar.
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He describes the life of amanuallabourer, down to the constant state of exhaustion that somehow eliminates any potential to question circumstances.
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It depicts amanuallabourerwho appears to be asleep, worn out by his work, but has actually been worked to death.
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