wark
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Now, dat is a lot o’ wark, Phill-eep, to be true.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
“Ye’ve not been used to sarvant’s wark, I see by your hands,” she remarked.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
He paused a moment, then said, “Now, I tell you, we got much wark to do today.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
I heard him saying very gently, “B’gettin’ back to wark, my own self.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Let us be up and doin’, Dugald; there’s no pleasure on earth, man, can equal his, wha can look up to God, fra honest wark.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Gordon Stables
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