daywork
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Definition of daywork
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (archaic, countable, uncountable)The work done in a day; a day's work.
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noun
- (archaic, countable, uncountable)The work done in a day; a day's work.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
- (countable, uncountable)Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
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(countable, uncountable)Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
“‘The task of servicing such moles is not entrusted to normal overseas residencies but to a Karla representative, as he is known, usually a military officer, whose daywork is to be an attaché of an Embassy.’”
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Etymology
From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. By surface analysis, day + work.
Words you can make from daywork
78 playable · top: WORKDAY (18 pts)
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4 words4-letter words
24 words3-letter words
34 words- KAY 10 pts
- WOK 10 pts
- YAK 10 pts
- YOK 10 pts
- WAY 9 pts
- WRY 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YOW 9 pts
- DAK 8 pts
- ARK 7 pts
- DAW 7 pts
- DAY 7 pts
- DOW 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
- KOA 7 pts
- KOR 7 pts
- OAK 7 pts
- OKA 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- YOD 7 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- ROD 4 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
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