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

In one day, child-labour in the whole country was abolished.
Revolution and Other Essays
Jack London
"You ought to get Mrs. van Tuiver on your child-labour committee," she said.
Sylvia's Marriage
Upton Sinclair
So long as the article did not say anything about the ownership of child-labour tenements!
Sylvia's Marriage
Upton Sinclair
I explained to her the aims and the methods of our child-labour committee.
Sylvia's Marriage
Upton 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 Subject
La Reine Helen Baker

child labour

Examples from the Web for child labour

Historical Examples

In one day, child-labour in the whole country was abolished.

"You ought to get Mrs. van Tuiver on your child-labour committee," she said.

So long as the article did not say anything about the ownership of child-labour tenements!

I explained to her the aims and the methods of our child-labour committee.

It is impossible for any view of Eugenics in relation to education to ignore the terrible danger of child-labour.