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hard labor

noun as in sentence imposing physical work

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Someone who appreciates hard labor and thrills to the sight of heavy machinery.

Mostly, their education involves learning that they are “grubs,” only suitable for hard labor and sexual predation, with the faint potential of becoming “explorers,” then “pioneers” and finally “aces.”

After My Lai, Calley was sentenced to life at hard labor.

“Most of the time, I had to have some kind of day job, doing hard labor, construction or digging holes,” he says.

According to the bill, violators "shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years," in addition to fines.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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