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Meanings of day labour in English

A type of employment where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time.

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Examples for "day labor"
Examples for "day labor"
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Dead end on that, but I'm checking with the day labor centers.
206 Bones
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The company blames a 58- day labor strike by IAM members for part of the delay.
Reuters
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I do public work, haul wood, cut wood, and work in the field by day labor.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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Picks up jobs at day labor centers.
206 Bones
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She was also concerned about day labor for nearby farms that grow chiles, tomatoes, hay, and alfalfa.
Reuters
Usage of day labour in English
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This salubrious sun does not excuse man from day labour in unshaded scenes.
My Tropic Isle
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Two other brothers are away the day we visit, looking for day labour jobs in nearby Peja.
The Guardian
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Modern socialists admit that of the wealth produced to- day labour does not produce the whole, but that some part is produced by directive ability.
A Critical Examination of Socialism
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Landmarks below, that he had spent days labouring across, fled by in minutes.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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She was then furnished with new sails, which cost about ten days labour.
Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 / Undertaken by Order o...
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Shame Glamorgan lost the toss and spent the day labouring in the field.
The Guardian
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Tells about the one- day Labour Party conference on Sat., Apr.
The new yorker
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But Tuesday did not feel like the day Labour lost the NHS, partly due to the hyped pre-briefing.
The Guardian
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On Sabbath days labour is laid aside, a solemn quiet presides, and the best clothing is in use.
Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission of the Church Missiona...
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But I shall not weary the reader with the dry detail of our every- day labours,-theirsuccess or futility.
Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal / Or, Eighteen Months in the...
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Record temperatures over the three- day Labour Day weekend have aggravated already dangerous fire conditions and further stressed exhausted California firefighters.
News.com.au
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Where there is no property, or at least none that exceeds the value of two or three days labour, civil government is not so necessary.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Many local people like her who do not own land used to earn 200 taka ($2.36) a day labouring in the rice fields.
Reuters
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'Arry had long ceased to attend his classes with any regularity, and he was once more asserting the freeman's right to immunity from day labour.
Demos