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Skilled labor (n): labor that sets, as one of its prerequisites, that a worker must be able to take four years out of the workforce in order to practice it.
And how would you define the labor of a master/journeyman electrician or plumber who spent 10-20 years on the job every day learning and practicing their craft without taking four years out of the workforce?
Edit: I know this is the dictionary definition you've copied, but that doesn't make it accurate, language evolves, and today "skilled vs unskilled labor" is used as a way to suppress the working class.
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