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单词 hard labour
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  • Hard-labour prisoners may receive a gratuity of one shilling a month if their conduct and work have been satisfactory.

    The Criminal & the Community|James Devon
  • Here the tread-wheel was in use, there cellular cranks, or hard-labour machines.

    The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2|Arthur Griffiths

hard labour


noun

criminal law (formerly) the penalty of compulsory physical labour imposed in addition to a sentence of imprisonment: abolished in England in 1948

Words nearby hard labour

Harding scandals, Harding, Warren G., hard-knock, hard knocks, hard labor, hard labour, hard-laid, hard landing, hard lens, hard light, hard line
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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