Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Labor hired or performed by the day; stated or fixed labor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Labor hired or performed by the day.
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Examples
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You don't dig holes telerobotically on the Earth because you can go to the day-labor site and pick up someone who will do it much more cheaply.
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You don't dig holes telerobotically on the Earth because you can go to the day-labor site and pick up someone who will do it much more cheaply.
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There are plenty of American citizens who work day-labor.
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USA Today: Unemployed U. S.-born workers seek day-labor jobs
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Including protesters who speak no English, but carrying signs in that language — less than a block from a day-labor shape-up site.
Moveon.org zombie bites off health care protester’s finger. Wait, what? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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By essentially barring the legal entry of low-skilled immigrant workers, our own government has created the conditions for an underground labor market, complete with smuggling and day-labor operations.
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From local conflicts over day-labor to churches struggling with how to integrate new immigrants into their congregations, we were consistently confronted with misconceptions and misinformation about unauthorized immigration.
Timothy J. Steigenga: Why We Wrote Living "Illegal" Timothy J. Steigenga 2011
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Enberg has long volunteered to help homeless veterans and helped put together a veterans 'day-labor program, now defunct.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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From local conflicts over day-labor to churches struggling with how to integrate new immigrants into their congregations, we were consistently confronted with misconceptions and misinformation about unauthorized immigration.
Timothy J. Steigenga: Why We Wrote Living "Illegal" Timothy J. Steigenga 2011
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Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal immigrants.
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