daywork

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈdeɪwɜːk/
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/ˈdeɪwɜːk/ · /ˈdeɪwɝk/

Definition of daywork

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The work done in a day; a day's work.
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noun

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The work done in a day; a day's work.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
  4. (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.

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