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stoop labor

noun

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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Nearby words

  1. stool ball,
  2. stool pigeon,
  3. stooly,
  4. stoop,
  5. stoop ball,
  6. stoop to,
  7. stoor,
  8. stoozing,
  9. stop,
  10. stop and frisk

Origin of stoop labor

First recorded in 1945–50
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Idioms and Phrases with stoop labor

stoop labor

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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