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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To "tine a darg," is to lose a day's work: you have arrived too late.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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 O. Douglas
Dark, darg, task. dauner, daunder, stroll. dauty, pet. dinle, thrill. dirl, v. clatter, thrill. doless, void of energy. dominie, schoolmaster. donsie, unfortunate.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
In the day we spoke but seldom, save to ask what might be needful, as the day's darg and duty drifted us together.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"A gude darg" means here a good day's work.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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