menial labor
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Penal colony is a term used to describe the most common type of prison in Russia, where inmates are housed in barracks and engage in menial labor for symbolic pay.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Olga Budina, 35, worked in a computer store in her hometown outside Lviv, but with a child to support, she expects to turn to menial labor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022
“It’s menial labor — it’s sweeping and mopping for the most part, washing windows — but it’s 100 percent legit,” Foster said.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2021
In reality, it is a waystation for children to mature into adults whose options are more likely to be limited to menial labor or worse.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2020
With Geak toddling after us, Chou and I and the other children work in the gardens and do menial labor in the village.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
