stoop labour



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stoop labour

Hard, physical labour requiring one to bend over, especially that which would be done on a farm. Primarily heard in UK. My grandfather has a permanent hunch in his spine from the stoop labour he had to do throughout his life. Every summer, we send the children to my brother's farm. It's good for them to get out of the city for a while and do a little bit of stoop labour.
See also: labour, stoop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Qismat-Arabic
BojanBO-yahn (Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian)Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Gipson['gipsn]
Clementineklə-mawn-TEENFrench
Dianndie-ANEnglish
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