Labor
Labor noun - A dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work.
Mess
Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Karma Houdini: Blair, who gets away scot-free though he caused the mess, while Dan gets a year of hard labor for killing a man accidentally.
Source: Literature / Little Men -
Later installments have a woman (or sometimes a man) actually go into labor, but there's no mess, it's quick, and they get their body back immediately.
Source: Video Game / The Sims 1 -
Jerkass: Dwight is mean and nasty, insulting Lulu, taking advantage of her free labor, blaming her for the mess with Ninian.
Source: Literature / Miss Lulu Bett
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