darg
Americannoun
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Scot. and North England. a day's work.
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Australian. a fixed or definite amount of work; a work quota.
noun
Etymology
Origin of darg
First recorded in 1400–1450; late Middle English dawerk, daiwerk, Old English dægweorc, equivalent to dæg day + weorc work
Example Sentences
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But the Lord had yet a great day's darg to do in Scotland with Richard Cameron.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
I took my arles, And had to do my darg.
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
"I wouldn't 'a' minded so much only they'll think me a flash man in Bourke with that theer darg trimmed up like that!"
From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry
We are hurrying on so, the years pass so quickly, that even a long life is a terribly short darg.
From Olivia in India by Douglas, O.
It is the real exiles, "shackled in a lifelong tether," who may not think, but must go doggedly through their day's darg.
From Olivia in India by Douglas, O.
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