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nounthe gainful employment of children below an age determined by law or custom. Origin of child laborFirst recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby child laborchild guidance, childhood, childhood muscular dystrophy, childing, childish, child labor, child labor laws, child labour, childlike, childly, childminder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for child laborWhen a federal law passed curtailing the child-labor abuses, there was finally an opportunity for kids to act their age. Who Invented the ‘Teenager’?|Nina Strochlic|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The last reference contains accurate information as to child-labor legislation up to date of publication. Farm Boys and Girls|William Arch McKeever The only thing that threatens it is child-labor legislation in the South, the tariff, and the control of the supply of cotton. The Quest of the Silver Fleece|W. E. B. Du Bois The stench of the slums is nothing to the stench of the child-labor iniquity. They Who Knock at Our Gates|Mary Antin
Woman displaces man, and, in her turn, woman is displaced by younger folks and child-labor. Woman under socialism|August Bebel A few years ago the women of Georgia found a way to introduce into the legislature a child-labor law. What eight million women want|Rheta Childe Dorr
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