manual labour

A form of manual labor — Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.

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Meanings

nounmanual labour (countable and uncountable, plural manual labours)

plural manual labours

  1. CanadaalternativecountableuncountableCommonwealth spellingAlternative spelling of manual labor: physically demanding work done by hand.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlabor done with the hands

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laborlabourtoil
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

manual labour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manual%20labour

MLA

“manual labour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manual%20labour. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manual labour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manual%20labour.

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