toilful

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We had won disregard of all the bother and contradictions, the vanities and absurdities of the toilful, wayward, human world, and had acquired a glorious sense of irresponsibleness and independence.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

To travel a couple of months is a sufficient reward for a thousand toilful days.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

Another toilful day brought him to the crest of the Cordillera, a bleak tract where the only vegetation was a dry, yellow grass which grew up to the snow-line.

From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

During their slow, toilful walks she appeared to be dragging with her for a penance the burden of that infirm bulk.

From To-morrow by Conrad, Joseph

Instead of the glittering line of mailed warriors, we behold the patient train of the toilful muleteer, slowly moving along the skirts of the mountain.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert