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toilsome

toil·some

UK/ˈtɔɪlsəm/ uncommon

adjective

1.

characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

  • “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”
  • “a grueling campaign”
  • “hard labor”
  • “heavy work”
  • “heavy going”
  • “spent many laborious hours on the project”
  • “set a punishing pace”

Origin

From toil + -some.

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