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(military) A squad of inept recruits assembled for special drill.
adj
(humorous, rare) Overrun with pilgrims.
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(US, mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
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(informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
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(intransitive, informal) To sleep in the same house, room or bed as someone else.
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(obsolete) A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
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(in Scotland and northern English dialects) 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.
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(Ireland, dated, Dublin) a day excursion, a picnic out of the city
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Alternative form of darg (day's work, or set quantity of work) [(in Scotland and northern English dialects) A day's work.]
n
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
adj
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
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A person who works in a low servile job.
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(military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
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A person who is primarily concerned with having a good time.
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(by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
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(idiomatic) The lowest, basic, least sophisticated level.
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(idiomatic) Work (especially that which is heavy, repetitive or mindless) that is considered undesirable and therefore delegated to underlings.
adj
(now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
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(colloquial) A lot, a large amount
n
Someone who spends much of his time indoors; a couch potato.
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(Ulster) visitor who will spend the night, overnight guest
n
One who travels from place to place.
v
(chiefly Britain) To live and sleep outdoors or in a rough or makeshift shelter, not having a proper home or abode.
n
Someone who lives off the grid.
adj
Wandering, travelling, migratory.
n
(obsolete) travel; wandering
v
Alternative form of pilgrimize [(obsolete) To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.]
v
(obsolete) To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.
n
In dog handling, the state of having affirmative physical or non-physical control of a dog.
n
A place where one can rest; a resting place.
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(figuratively, plural only) A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
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Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
adj
Habitually travelling; itinerant.
n
(derogatory) Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction.
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Alternative form of short sleeper [A person who consistently requires substantially less sleep every day than the customary amount for most people of the same age and developmental level.]
n
(obsolete) One's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime.
v
To spend the night as a guest in someone's home.
n
Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
n
A work of entertainment that becomes successful only some time after its launch.
n
The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
v
To spend a night at someone else's home.
n
labor regularly performed in a stooped or squatting position; usually referring to agricultural labor involving the planting, cultivation or harvesting of crops.
n
Unskilled agricultural labor that involves stooping to reach low-growing plants.
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Someone who attends a summer camp.
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(obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
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A consumer who has a preference for acquiring experiences or temporary goods over permanent possessions.
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(slang) A commission or similar extra charge.
n
Work done to earn a wage.
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(historical) A year spent by an apprentice travelling and honing skills prior to the professional practice of a trade.
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(by extension) Work within a gang or organization that involves killing or attacking people, for assassination or intimidation.
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(also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
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