wark
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Ye’ve not been used to sarvant’s wark, I see by your hands,” she remarked.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I heard him saying very gently, “B’gettin’ back to wark, my own self.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
“Now, dat is a lot o’ wark, Phill-eep, to be true.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
He paused a moment, then said, “Now, I tell you, we got much wark to do today.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
When I had fairly made up my mind to tak a wife, I set mysel to the wark systematically.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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