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darg

Pronunciation: /dɑːɡ/

The English word “darg” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A day's work.
  2. A defined quantity or amount of work, or of the product of work, done in a certain time or at a certain rate of payment; a task.

Etymology

First attested in late Middle English; a syncopic form of daywork, developed through the series of forms: daywork → daywerk → daywark → dawark → *da’ark → dark → darg.

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