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laborsaving

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la·bor·sav·ing  (lbr-svng)
adj.
Designed to conserve human energy in performing work or to decrease the amount of human labor needed.
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Adj.1.laborsaving - designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines"
laboursaving
helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function


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Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.
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