Her father occasionally worked as a construction worker while her mother did laundry jobs.

爸爸偶尔能在建筑工地找点活儿干，妈妈帮别人洗衣服赚钱。

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The 49-year-old mother, a laundry worker, had denied failing to send her daughter to school without reasonable excuse.

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Pretty much the equivalent of being a freelance worker today, the free agent can still work at the local coffeehouse or laundry cleaners, both of which will still be around according to Hiemstra.

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