child labour

noun

the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute

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Examples from the Web for child labour

There is nothing more conscience-silencing than to accuse the writers of the different articles on child-labour of sentimentality.
The Woman Who Toils|Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst
So long as the article did not say anything about the ownership of child-labour tenements!
Sylvia's Marriage|Upton Sinclair
Special Labour Protection with regard to child-labour is indeed necessary.
The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection|Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle
"You ought to get Mrs. van Tuiver on your child-labour committee," she said.
Sylvia's Marriage|Upton Sinclair

I explained to her the aims and the methods of our child-labour committee.
Sylvia's Marriage|Upton Sinclair