toilful
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After a century, behold the Yankee,—the shrewd, toilful, thrifty occupant of the homely earth; one side of his brain speculating on the eternities, and the other side devising wealth, comfort, personal and social good.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
One had foraged a caterpillar in bulk and weight beyond its flight strength, and was, therefore, compelled to haul it along the toilful earth.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
The day is over, the day which has been so hard and toilful even for the children,—and with the night comes rest and play.
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
Another toilful day brought him to the crest of the Cordillera, a bleak tract where the only vegetation was a dry, yellow grass which grew up to the snow-line.
From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.
From The Trail of the Tramp by Livingston, Leon Ray
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