possible profanity
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dig
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hardship(noun, distress, burden, lack, adversity)
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parturition(noun, act, start, struggle, process)
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slavery(noun, work, hard, labor, grind)
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strain(noun, verb, activity, action, work)
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agony(noun, struggle, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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birth(noun, act, start, process, production)
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distress(noun, struggle, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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misery(noun, distress, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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plod(verb, work, drive, strain, dig)
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strive(verb, support, work, force, drive)
7
tribulation(noun, worry, struggle, sorrow, want)
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accouchement(noun, act, start, process, production)
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childbed
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elbow grease(noun, expression, idiom, performance, action)
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fatigue(trouble, worry, difficulty, lack, torment)
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lying-in(noun, act, start, process, labor)
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slog(noun, verb, work, strain, routine)
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childbearing(noun, act, start, process, labor)
5
endeavor(noun, verb, performance, action, work)
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