The Clue
Shakespearean title word (7 letter answer)
The Answer
LABOURS
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Notes
The answer LABOURS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
LABOUR as a noun:
1. (labor, labour, working class, proletariat) = a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
2. (parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed) = concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
3. (Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party, Labor) = a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
4. (labor, labour, toil) = productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
LABOUR as a verb:
1. (labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil) = work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
2. (tug, labor, labour, push, drive) = strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
3. (labor, labour) = undergo the efforts of childbirth