Darg
//dɑːɡ// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A day's work. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
- 2 Informal form of dog. dialectal, form-of, informal
"Hall had stood gaping. "He wuz bit," said Hall. "I’d better go and see to en," and he trotted after the stranger. He met Mrs. Hall in the passage. "Carrier’s darg," he said "bit en.""
- 3 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. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
Example
More examples"Hall had stood gaping. "He wuz bit," said Hall. "I’d better go and see to en," and he trotted after the stranger. He met Mrs. Hall in the passage. "Carrier’s darg," he said "bit en.""
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
The ŏ of dog (dŏg) has merged with ä in many American dialects.
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