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allwork

noun

Etymology

From all + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as allwork — “all + work”

Definitions

  1. Work of all kinds

    Work of all kinds; general purpose tasks.

    • They had one female servant, a "girl of allwork."

  2. A general-purpose servant

    A general-purpose servant; a maid of all work.

    • Their skills ranged over 36 different trades, from general catgories such as allwork and general servant through to more specific skills such as upholsterer and jeweller.
    • Whilst employed as an "allwork" she was convicted of "man stealing" at the Middlesex Session Peace on 5 September, 1834. She reached Australia on the Numa in 1834.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA