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| toil [ toyl ] |
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hard work: hard exhausting work or effort
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intransitive verb (past and past participle toiled, present participle toil·ing, 3rd person present singular toils) |
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1. work hard: to work long and hard
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2. progress slowly: to progress slowly and with difficulty
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| [13th century. < Anglo-Norman toiler "drag around" < Latin tudicula "machine for bruising olives" < tudes "hammer"] |
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  toil·er noun |
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