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Baldwin added that there’s a misconception and fear that construction involves hard labor all the time.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2024
Supporters of the Amendment also argued that hard labor and a lack of schooling imperiled not just child workers, but the nation.
—Janet Golden / Made By History, TIME, 23 May 2024
Mudd, having narrowly avoided hanging, was sentenced to hard labor for life in a prison on an island off the coast of Florida, but in February, 1869, in a ceremony at the White House attended by Mudd’s wife, Andrew Johnson signed his pardon.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
In front of an audience, they were sentenced to hard labor for watching South Korean dramas, in undated footage released by the Sand Institute.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
Legal Definition
hard labor
noun
: compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline
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