Definition for hard labour - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	hard labour (hard la¦bour) noun [mass noun] heavy manual work as a punishment: he was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour		More words in this category capital punishment captive clink 2 concurrent detainer electric chair first offender guardhouse handcuff hot seat jail juvenile offender life imprisonment marshalsea noose penitentiary prison sin bin supermax warden Nearby Words hard copy hard core hard court hard currency hard disk hard drive hard error hard fern hard hat hard labour hard landing hard line hard nut hard pad hard palate hard power hard rock hard sauce hard sell