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Labouring Definition & Meaning

labouring
adjective
  1. doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps"

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What does labouring mean?
doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps"
What part of speech is labouring?
Labouring is an adjective.

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