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wark

British  
/ wɑːrk, wɔːrk /

noun

  1. a Scot word for work

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Now, dat is a lot o’ wark, Phill-eep, to be true.”

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

“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 may some day write the fate o' my first-born, for that famous wark, "The Border Tales."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton

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