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Definition
characterized by a habit of hard work
- I do know that the industrious bees do the most of it.Book 1 — Genesis (98% in)
- Mama Lo doesn't have any husband, though she's as industrious as the day is long.Book 2 — Revelation (23% in)
- Their industrious need made me light-headed: my dresses would be curtains, and my curtains, dresses.Book 5 — Exodus (2% in)
There are no more uses of "industrious" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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