"manual labour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: manual labours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} manual labour (countable and uncountable, plural manual labours)
  1. (British spelling, Canada) Alternative spelling of manual labor: physically demanding work done by hand. Tags: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: manual labor (extra: physically demanding work done by hand)
    Sense id: en-manual_labour-en-noun-~GFwDm2V Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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