stoop labor


noun

the physical labor associated with the cultivation or picking of crops in farm fields, especially as performed by poorly paid, unskilled workers.

Origin of stoop labor

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby stoop labor

Idioms and Phrases with stoop labor

stoop labor

Back-bending manual work, especially farm work. For example, They had us picking peas all day, and that's too much stoop labor. [First half of 1900s]