darg
[dahrg]
- Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Australian. a fixed or definite amount of work; a work quota.
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Contemporary Examples
Mooser, 33, and Darg, 34, spent a decade working in development.
Darg adds that RYOT can point concerned readers in a direction they may not have considered previously.
Historical Examples
A drudger gets a darg, and a drucken wife the drucken penny.
The Proverbs of ScotlandAlexander Hislop
To "tine a darg," is to lose a day's work: you have arrived too late.
The Proverbs of ScotlandAlexander Hislop
But to ken that ane's purpose is right, and to make their heart strong, is the way to get through the warst day's darg.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, IllustratedSir Walter Scott
The cook called him "my darg," and the men called the cook "Curry and Rice," with "old" before it mostly.
While the Billy BoilsHenry Lawson
In the day we spoke but seldom, save to ask what might be needful, as the day's darg and duty drifted us together.
The Men of the Moss-HagsS. R. Crockett
darg
- Scot and Northern English dialect a day's work
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Word Origin
C15: formed by syncope from day-work
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