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Possible misspelling? More dictionaries have definitions for labor,  labored,  laborer,  lahore -- could that be what you meant?

little about birth or rearing either
"It would seem that you care little about birth, or rearing either, or you would not exalt Halliburton to a level with yourself."
— from Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

life a bed o roses either
Later on I turned soldier and didn't find that life a bed o' roses either; to-day I'm a soldier o' the Lord ready to fight, sing and preach to His glory, and ever ready to cheat Old Nick
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

like a bit of real evidence
"This looks like a bit of real evidence to me."
— from Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach; Or, Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves by Annie Roe Carr

life at Birmingham or rather Edgbaston
He had hitherto since his secession resided (he had been re-ordained in Rome) at Birmingham, London, and Dublin, but he now took up his abode, practically for the rest of his life, at Birmingham or rather Edgbaston.
— from A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury

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