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day labor
noun
- workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- work done by a day laborer.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of day labor1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences
Even to-day labor in Central Europe has risen in price to within 70 per cent.
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Though no salt tang came in the wind, it blew sweet, refreshing the men at their dog-day labor.
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A return to day-labor is attended, though perhaps in a less degree, by the same discomfort.
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