child labour

noun

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

Nearby words

child custody, child endowment, child guidance, child labor, child labor laws, child labour, child pornography, child psychiatry, child psychology, child restraint, child support

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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