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Describing something that makes work easier or faster.
The proliferation of laborsaving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically.
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laborsaving — (Amer.) adj. saving work, saving effort (also laboursaving) … English contemporary dictionary
laborsaving — adjective designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor (Freq. 1) laborsaving devices like washing machines • Syn: ↑laboursaving • Similar to: ↑helpful * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective … Useful english dictionary
laborsaving — adjective Date: circa 1779 adapted to replace or decrease human and especially manual labor < laborsaving machines > … New Collegiate Dictionary
laborsaving — /lay beuhr say ving/, adj. designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device. Also, labor saving. [1765 75; LABOR + SAVING] * * * … Universalium
laborsaving — la′bor•sav ing or la′bor sav ing adj. designed to reduce human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device[/ex] • Etymology: 1765–75 … From formal English to slang
laboursaving — adjective designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor laborsaving devices like washing machines • Syn: ↑laborsaving • Similar to: ↑helpful … Useful english dictionary
Labor-saving — La bor sav ing, a. Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; as, labor saving machinery; labor saving appliances[4]; labor saving devices like washing… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Luddite — noun Etymology: perhaps from Ned Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed a knitting frame Date: 1811 one of a group of early 19th century English workmen destroying laborsaving machinery as a protest; broadly one who is opposed to … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Women in Mauritius — As in other industrializing countries, the role of women is changing rapidly. A major force for change has been the rapid influx of women into the many jobs created in the 1980s in the export processing zones. Although low paying for the most… … Wikipedia
