Thesaurus / able-bodied
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He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
It is followed by forty-four pages of argument and illustration relating exclusively to the able-bodied wage-earner.
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The wonder is that between sword and halter there was any able-bodied man left in Munster.
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELL
As in the Report itself, no definition is given in the Act of what was meant by "able-bodied persons."
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We can find no explanation of, or reason for, the entire absence of any provision for independent women who were able-bodied.
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The outdoor relief sanctioned for able-bodied men was strictly limited to persons who were not in employment for hire.
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With that approval outdoor relief to the able-bodied, without any conditions, was lawful.
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For the male able-bodied person himself (and his family) only three exceptions were to be made.
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With that approval, outdoor relief to able-bodied men, without any conditions, was lawful.
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This implies that a widow was not regarded as subject to the conditions of relief to "able-bodied persons and their families."
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