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travail n. [
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed] concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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travail v. [
labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
. wn #3
travail n. [
effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat] use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
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