| 单词 | kaffir work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKaffir work Kaffir work n. (also Kaffir's work) physical labour or unskilled work. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil workeOE i-swincheOE swenchOE swote971 swingc1000 swinkOE swinkinga1225 travailc1275 cark1330 sweatc1380 the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380 laboura1382 swengc1400 labouragec1470 toil1495 laborationa1500 tug1504 urea1510 carp1548 turmoil1569 moil1612 praelabour1663 fatigue1669 insudation1669 till?a1800 Kaffir work1848 graft1853 workfulness1854 collar-work1871 yakka1888 swot1899 heavy lifting1934 1848 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Jan. 117/1 Circumstances have not permitted us to re-commence any part of our Kaffir work yet. 1903 Nineteenth Cent. & After Sept. 408 He invariably, after a few hours, turns round and says he is not going to do Kaffir's work. 1939 R. F. A. Hoernlé S. Afr. Native Policy 23 The poor white is psychologically handicapped by his tradition of membership of the master-class, expressed in contempt for ‘kafir-work’ and unwillingness to undertake it, especially in public labour-gangs. 2010 M. Nunn Lead Dead Lie iii. 40 He loved the hard labor of the yards, doing what most Europeans considered ‘kaffir work’. < as lemmas |
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