yakka
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yakka
First recorded in 1885–90; earlier spellings yacker, wakker; of obscure origin; possibly from Yagara (an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland) yaga “to work”
Example Sentences
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This was hard yakka in hot sun on an unresponsive pitch with a ball less likely to misbehave than a child on Christmas Eve.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
England can look forward to some hard yakka.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Never has a day of hard yakka been made to seem so much fun.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2022
This is hard yakka for the Australian fast bowlers on a slow pitch, but Cummins and Pattinson are going about it with almost masochistic relish.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2019
"After we have prayed, fasted, and done penance, it ought to rain, in order that yamunyi may grow to koatshit, and koatshit ripen to yakka."
From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
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