| 单词 | stoop labour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstoop labour stoop labour n. North American agricultural labour performed in a stooping (or squatting) position. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > type or spell of work or payment plough-tail?1523 threaving1768 rounds1795 tut1800 yoking1812 bush-work1830 stoop labour1943 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Aug. 11/1 Asparagus cutting ordinarily is a specialized stoop-labor job. 1959 Economist 7 Mar. 876/1 Some harvesting can be done mechanically, but most crops still require back-breaking ‘stoop’ labour. 1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 13/2 Most moved down to southern Ontario to do back-breaking stoop labor in its sugar-beet fields. 1979 G. Swarthout Skeletons 89 There are eight million illegals in the country... It would be one thing if they were all agricultural—stoop labor, fruit- and produce-pickers, so on. < as lemmas |
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