stoop labor

American  

noun

1. the physical labor associated with the cultivation or picking of crops in farm fields, especially as performed by poorly paid, unskilled workers.

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stoop labor Idioms  

1. Back-bending manual work, especially farm work. For example, They had us picking peas all day, and that's too much stoop labor. [First half of 1900s]

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Etymology

Origin of stoop labor

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The next generation is the key: Will the influx of remittances allow Comachuen’s young adults to build a life in Mexico, instead of doing stoop labor in U.S. fields?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022

People show up for work cutting lettuce etc., stoop labor, and they last about half a day before they quit.

From Time • Feb. 19, 2013

Do you know how many Americans are interested in stoop labor?

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus farmers had to hire domestic field hands, who demand higher wages and are reluctant to do such backbreaking "stoop labor."

From Time Magazine Archive

His son, an aviator, was forced to stoop labor during the Terror.

From Time Magazine Archive