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   Laboring

   /ˈlāb(ə)riNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. working at an unskilled manual occupation: "the laboring classes"
   • 2. working or moving with difficulty: "his laboring heart calmed"
   • ▪ (of a ship) rolling or pitching heavily: "occasionally the laboring ship spat the caulking from some underwater seam"
   • 3. (of a woman) in labor; in the process of giving birth: "laboring women can use a washcloth or a spray of water to cool themselves down"

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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