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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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According to Raanan's office, the volume was found in Gaza by a Palestinian labourer who worked in Israel before the war.

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Before the conflict, Ms Radha was a homemaker and her husband worked as a labourer.

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In 1918, returning World War One labourers formed the Naga Club to assert a distinct identity.

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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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