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labourer

/ ˈleɪbərə /

noun

  1. a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The memorial aimed to commemorate the 2.5 million Muslim soldiers and labourers who are believed to have fought with the Allied forces in World War One, and 5.5 million in World War Two.

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Khaled then sneaks into Israel and attempts to reach the sea while his father, an undocumented labourer in Israel, tries to find him.

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The court heard that he told his initial screening interview with British officials that he had not been exploited and had been paid when he worked as a labourer in Libya.

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More than 20 houses and 10 buses were destroyed in Darul Jamal, while at least 13 drivers and labourers, who had been working on reconstruction efforts in the town were killed, Reuters reported.

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The controversial law barred immigration of Chinese labourers into the US.

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