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plural man-hours
The amount of work that can be done by one person in an hour. quotations examples
[...] every man has tools and amenities always within one minute's walk; thus non-productive man-hours are kept to a minimum.
1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766
Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!
1962 January 11, John F. Kennedy, Second State of the Union Address