noun
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hard or unpleasant work
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a rare word for piecework
Etymology
Origin of taskwork
Example Sentences
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The only thing that troubles me for you is the taskwork of investigation.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
Of course, if the parents are not devout, sincere, and affectionate,—if the whole affair on both sides is taskwork, or worse, hypocritical and false,—results must be very different indeed!
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James
In the midst of all the hardships of his younger time, as afterwards in the midst of crushing Herculean taskwork, he was saved from moral ruin by the inexhaustible geniality and expansiveness of his affections.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John
Were they to give up the memory of their fathers, and their attachment to their customary mode of life, in order to perform taskwork for the Egyptians and become Egyptians?
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
Guthrie’s notion of “An Author by Profession,” entirely derived from his own character, was twofold; literary taskwork, and political degradation.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
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