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(archaic, British slang) Alternative form of Abraham work [(archaic, British slang) A scam; a swindle; a sham.]
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Alternative spelling of busy work [(idiomatic, chiefly US) Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.]
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Alternative spelling of busy work [(idiomatic, chiefly US) Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.]
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Alternative form of career fair [A job fair.]
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Alternative form of corvee [Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.]
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Alternative form of day trader [(business, finance) A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.]
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Alternative form of deskwork [work done at a desk, as by an office worker]
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Alternative form of donkey work [(idiomatic) Hard, boring, routine work.]
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Alternative form of farmwork [The agricultural work done on a farm.]
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(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of forced labor [(American spelling) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.]
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work done in a garden; gardening
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Alternative form of gig work [(economics) Income-earning activities outside of traditional, long-term employer-employee relationships.]
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Alternative spelling of grunt work [(idiomatic) Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.]
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Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
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Alternative form of hard labor [Forced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishment.]
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Alternative form of homeworking. [Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.]
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A visit by a medical professional, especially a physician, to examine a patient in his or her home.
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(rare) Indoor work; work done inside the home.
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Alternative form of jobforce [All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project]
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Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.
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Alternative form of labour exchange [(dated, UK) An employment agency, a job centre]
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(idiomatic) A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.
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Alternative form of labor force
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(dated, UK) An employment agency, a job centre
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Alternative form of labor market [(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.]
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Workplace; the place where one labors.
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Alternative form of laborshed [A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.]
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Alternative form of lab work [work done in a laboratory]
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Alternative spelling of legwork [Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.]
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Alternative spelling of legwork [Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.]
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(economics) A job that has less immediate financial benefit to the economy than it costs to support.
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Alternative form of make-work [(chiefly US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need.]
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The day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location.
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Alternative form of odd job [Temporary employment.]
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An event, often in one's home, at which there are few restrictions regarding who and how many may attend.
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Alternative spelling of piece work [Work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked; work done and paid for by the piece or by the job.]
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Alternative form of plain work [Basic, non-ornamental work; specifically (now (historical)) simple needlework.]
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Alternative spelling of policework [(law enforcement) The work done by police.]
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Alternative form of roadwork [The construction or maintenance done to roads.]
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(military) A person who would not be required to do a difficult or dangerous task.
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Alternative spelling of skunkworks [A loosely organized research and development team or facility.]
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Alternative form of slave labour [Using slaves to do work]
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The act of one who sojourns; a short stay or residence.
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temporary residence, as of a stranger or traveller
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Alternative spelling of staycation [A vacation spent at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.]
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Alternative form of staycation [A vacation spent at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.]
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(US) To spend a vacation at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.
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A person who takes a staycation.
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Alternative form of stoopwork [Unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.]
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Alternative form of tradework [The work of one who practises a trade (an occupation in the secondary sector).]
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A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
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Alternative form of trouble at mill [(idiomatic, Northern England) Problems outside the household, especially in the workplace.]
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Alternative form of tryworks [Synonym of trywork]
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Alternative form of tryworks [Synonym of trywork]
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Alternative form of tut-work [(mining, archaic) Work done by the piece, as in non-metalliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.]
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Alternative form of wandwork [The use of a wand (or any such other instrument or tool) in any practical magical practice involving casting spells.]
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Alternative form of war work [Work for an organization other than the military that supports a country's war activities.]
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Alternative form of war work [Work for an organization other than the military that supports a country's war activities.]
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Obsolete form of work. [Labour, occupation, job.]
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Obsolete form of work. [Labour, occupation, job.]
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Alternative spelling of wet work [(euphemistic) Covert assassination performed by government operatives.]
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Alternative form of workforce [All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.]
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Alternative form of workgang [A group of individuals assigned to, or engaged in, a common task, especially a group of convicts.]
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Alternative form of work in progress [(uncountable) Work that has been started, but is not complete.]
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Alternative form of work around. [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, around.]
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Alternative spelling of workcamp [A camp in which volunteers visit another region and work on a project to benefit the region or its inhabitants.]
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Alternative spelling of workplace [The place where someone works.]
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Obsolete spelling of work [Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).]
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(US) A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid
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Alternative form of work front [Opportunities to perform construction works in a given period.]
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(Canada, US) Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities
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Alternative form of yeoman's work [Commendable hard work in the service of a good cause.]
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Alternative spelling of oeuvre [A work of art.]
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