manual labour BrE
manual labor AmE
manual work

Thus her concern over his doing manual work at the summer house was understandable.

Why were people willing to do manual work back in the 60s and 70s?

I can get you that in 3 months and it will save tons of manual work right away.

Doing manual work towards a goal is much more rewarding.

On family farms in the future wives were likely to have to do more manual work.

Guests often help with the manual work of the Abbey.

I felt no obligation to remain on the manual work of the tracks.

His disease must keep him from any sort of manual work other than painting.

Many with university degrees are happy to have even manual work.

She says that it was manual work, and very hard.