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labor of love

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[labor of love] {n. phr.}

Something done for personal pleasure and not pay or profit.

* /Building the model railroad was a labor of love for the retired engineer./

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	love ⁸¹ pleasure ²¹ {n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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