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English
Etymology
From man + hour.
Noun
man-hour (plural man-hours)
- Synonym of person-hour.
- Coordinate term: machine-hour
Ten workers for two days—that's 160 man-hours.
1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766: every man has tools and amenities always within one minute's walk; thus non-productive man-hours are kept to a minimum.
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