taskwork
Example Sentences
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Merely thou saidst: "At set of sun My humble taskwork will be done; And through the twilight street Come back to view my jewels, when Pattering through the throng of men Go merry schoolboys' feet."
From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)
Of course, if the parents are not devout, sincere, and affectionate,—if the whole affair on both sides is taskwork, or worse, hypocritical and false,—results must be very different indeed!
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James
Guthrie’s notion of “An Author by Profession,” entirely derived from his own character, was twofold; literary taskwork, and political degradation.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
Scratched table, desks, copybooks, and worn grammars, had more the air of a comfortable occupation than of the shabby haunt of irksome taskwork.
From The Young Step-Mother by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Those at taskwork had fivepence, and in some cases as low as threepence per diem.
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John
