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labour v. s. labourer - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "labour" as a noun never denotes a person, it refers to the work done by a labourer #1 is trying to talk about a "labour" being "young" which is nonsensical #2 is better On another note, I would avoid the word "barely" in this context
Is the word boy racist in the following situation? 1a ii Used (chiefly by white people) with reference to non-white slaves and (in English-speaking colonies) to non-white servants, labourers, etc Also as a form of address (esp as a summons) Now historical and rare (usually considered offensive) A non-white male Now usually considered offensive (as being associated with sense 1a ii)
What is the origin of the phrase the eleventh hour Its origin is biblical and refers to the parable of the labourers in the vineyard (Matthew XX) The OED gives some indication of the etymology of the modern expression from as early as 971AD
Meaning of “Hustlin’ jalapeño dips to the appleseeds”? Appleseeds (derogatory) - simple folk; agricultural labourers; working-class people of simple tastes, etc Is it common in US and also England? It is not a set phrase or saying It is simply "some words" used as a description Jalapeño dips and Appleseeds are chiefly American English
There is a number of versus There are a number of Is the sentence "There is a large number of labourers who want to migrate to Japan for work " correct? [duplicate] (2 answers) Closed 9 years ago As a native speaker, this sounds correct: There are a number of cows in that field whilst this sounds totally wrong: There is a number of cows in the field
What is the etymology of board as found in room and board? The board in question was their mid-day meal and was the only element of the pay that could be varied, so a landowner who wanted the best labourers would provide better food Everyone would eat together, including the landowner who would sit at the head of the board in a chair (hence Chairman of the Board) whilst the others sat on benches
Origin of the word blackbirding for a type of slave trade Summary The instances cited above yield the following chronology: February 21, 1821: a letter seems to refer to enslaved Africans as "black-birds " November 1836: An item from the [New York] Emancipator refers to "blackbirding" in the context of the slave trade without explicitly defining the term 1840: A novel refers to slaving as involving laying traps "to catch blackbirds without wings
Etymology of snob - English Language Usage Stack Exchange By the early 19th century snob was being used to mean a person with no 'breeding', both the honest labourers who knew their place, and the vulgar social climbers who copied the manners of the upper classes