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
The next night, after a lot of hard yakka in the field, assistant coach Jeetan Patel said, without flinching, "nothing is impossible" with this team.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2024
Never has a day of hard yakka been made to seem so much fun.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2022
Eventually he did, holding his serve, but it was a lot of hard yakka just to stay in the match.
From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2020
Tacho adovo se sā tiri yakka, miri kāmli.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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