English Explanatory Dictionary

darg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
noun
  1. Informal form of dog.

Pronunciation

därg /dɑːɡ/

Word forms

darg dargs dawerk dawark daurk daark dark darrak darroch dargue daurg

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.

Derived words

darg-days darger darker darging dargsman love darg
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