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Definition of labor-saving adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

labor-saving

adjective

(Canadian English usually labour-saving) adjective

[usually before noun]

designed to reduce the amount of work or effort needed to do something modern labor-saving devices such as washing machines and dishwashers

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