chore

[chawr, chohr]

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noun

a small or odd job; routine task.

chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.

a hard or unpleasant task: Solving the problem was quite a chore.

Origin of chore

1375–1425; late Middle English char, Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr char³

Synonyms for chore

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1. duty, work, errand, stint. 1, 2. See task.

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Related Words for chores

duty, assignment, workout, errand, housework, burden, routine, grind, trial, job, tribulation, effort, stint, devoir, KP, scutwork

Examples from the Web for chores

Contemporary Examples of chores

Kingston said the comment was part of a broader conversation about the benefits of chores for children that was misconstrued.
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Makes your kids want to do their chores, by allowing them to purchase prizes with the points they accrue.
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Historical Examples of chores

By the time he had finished his chores, his mother was getting breakfast as usual.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Martin had done Bill's share of the chores, with unbelief in his heart.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
They could hardly wait for Trapper Jim to get through his chores.
With Trapper Jim in the North Woods
Lawrence J. Leslie
"Chores will keep her out of mischief," Aunt Jamsiah had said.
Pee-wee Harris
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
You will have a hard one, Jimmy, when you go to do the chores!
Farm Ballads
Will Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for chores

chore

noun

a small routine task, esp a domestic one

an unpleasant task

Word Origin for chore

C19: variant of Middle English chare; related to char ³

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Word Origin and History for chores

chore

1751, American English, variant of char, from Middle English cherre "odd job," from Old English cerr, cierr "turn, change, time, occasion, affair business."

Chore, a corruption of char, is an English word, still used in many parts of England, as a char-man, a char-woman; but in America, it is perhaps confined to New England. It signifies small domestic jobs of work, and its place cannot be supplied by any other single word in the language. [Noah Webster, "Dissertations on the English Language," 1789]