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
Historical Examples of child labour
In one day, child-labour in the whole country was abolished.
Revolution and Other EssaysJack London
"You ought to get Mrs. van Tuiver on your child-labour committee," she said.
Sylvia's MarriageUpton Sinclair
So long as the article did not say anything about the ownership of child-labour tenements!
Sylvia's MarriageUpton Sinclair
I explained to her the aims and the methods of our child-labour committee.
Sylvia's MarriageUpton Sinclair
It is impossible for any view of Eugenics in relation to education to ignore the terrible danger of child-labour.
Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great SubjectLa Reine Helen Baker