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labors of love

labors of love is the plural of labor of love.

Meaning of labor of love

Noun

labor of love (plural labors of love)

  1. (US, idiomatic) A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement or practical benefit; an altruistic work or undertaking; an action or hobby performed purely out of an inner desire to do so.
    • Here, indeed, at length, must the Editor give utterance to a painful suspicion, which, through late Chapters, has begun to haunt him; paralyzing any little enthusiasm that might still have rendered his thorny Biographical task a labor of love.1831, Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

Questions about labors of love

What is labors of love the plural of?
Labors of love is the plural of labor of love.

Words near labors of love in the dictionary

  1. laborless
  2. laborlore
  3. laborous
  4. laborously
  5. labors
  6. labors of love
  7. labors the point
  8. laborsaving
  9. laborshed
  10. laborsheds
  11. laborsome

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