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stoop labor
noun
- the physical labor associated with the cultivation or picking of crops in farm fields, especially as performed by poorly paid, unskilled workers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stoop labor1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Idioms and Phrases
Back-bending manual work, especially farm work. For example, They had us picking peas all day, and that's too much stoop labor . [First half of 1900s]Advertisement
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