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[ noun ] an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He carried the wood , carried the water , did the cooking , cleaning and mending , and occasionally got a kick_in_the_butt for his pains . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)He had the hardest pains of growing before him now , as he approached twelve . |
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