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industrious
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A Thousand Acres
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- Every farmer remembers what an unusually sober and industrious young man he was himself.†
p. 283.2
- Receipts for sales, outstanding bills, my books, which I had industriously brought up to date, were all presented.†
p. 322.1 *industriously = with hard work
- Shit, blood, oil, and grease eventually hold sway in spite of the most industrious efforts.†
p. 328.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(industrious) characterized by a habit of hard work
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)