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day work

day work is the alternative spelling of daywork.

Meaning of daywork

Noun

daywork (countable and uncountable, plural dayworks)

  1. (archaic) The work done in a day; a day's work.
  2. (obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
  3. Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
  4. Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
    • ‘The task of servicing such moles is not entrusted to normal overseas residencies but to a Karla representative, as he is known, usually a military officer, whose daywork is to be an attaché of an Embassy.’1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 257

Questions about day work

What is day work the alternative spelling of?
Day work is the alternative spelling of daywork.

Words near day work in the dictionary

  1. day trip
  2. day tripper
  3. day trippers
  4. day trips
  5. Day Valley
  6. day work
  7. day worker
  8. day's age
  9. day's math
  10. day's maths
  11. day's residue

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