Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Labourers

(The Statute of). An attempt made in 1349 to fix the rate of wages at which labourers should be compelled to work.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Labyrinth
Labourer is Worthy of his Hire
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More on Labourers from Fact Monster:

  • Labour party - Labour party Labour party, British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great ...
  • Labour party: Bibliography - Bibliography See H. Wilson, The Labour Government 1964–1970 (1971); B. Jones and M. Keating, ...
  • Labour party: Origins - Origins The Labour party was founded in 1900 after several generations of preparatory trade union ...
  • Labour party: 1914 to 1945 - 1914 to 1945 At the outbreak of World War I, Ramsay MacDonald led a pacifist wing of the party, but ...
  • Labour party: The 1960s to the Present - The 1960s to the Present Harold Wilson, who became leader on Gaitskell's death in 1963, was ...

Related Content