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"labor" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often work (4 letters).
Definitions
undergo the efforts of childbirth
Used in a sentence
“Labor did not regain office until 1929, and then only for a three-year period.”
“Labor’s formal reconciliation with the federal Constitution during the postwar decades has been a significant development both for the ALP and for Australian politics generally.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“toil”5 letters
02“Work or childbirth effort”5 letters
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