It was an evasion that undermined all his other efforts to present himself as a plain artisan at honest toil.

This was a day for honest toil rather than flamboyance.

Twenty-five years of honest toil, decent salary, savings and investments - gone.

Best of all, it's stable and easy to drive - perhaps even, on account of its robustness and its overt associations with honest toil, a tonic for your self-esteem.

Is it honest toil, sweat?