stoop labor



stoop labor

Back-bending manual work, especially farm work. For example, They had us picking peas all day, and that's too much stoop labor. [First half of 1900s]
See also: labor, stoop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elisabeteə-lee-zə-BETPortuguese
HannahHAN-ə (English), HAH-nah (German)English, Hebrew, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Biblical
Justinian-History
Mariele-German
Paquito-Spanish
Mele-Hawaiian