stoop labor

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stoop labor¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Idioms and Phrases

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]