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toil

/tɔɪl/
noun

  1. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

    Similar: derve, drudgery, swink

  2. Trouble, strife.

  3. (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.

Synonymsderve, drudgery, swink
verb

  1. To labour; work.

  2. To struggle.

  3. To work (something); often with out.

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