week-work
/ˈwiːkwəːk/historical in later use
noun
In Anglo-Saxon and later medieval England: work done by a tenant for a lord, carried out on a regular basis a certain number of days each week; (also in plural) the requirement to carry out this type of work.
- Usually associated with tenants of low status; see further R. Faith Eng. Peasantry & Growth of Lordship (1997) 77–8, 211–2..
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Laws: Rectitudines. From week + work.
- get one's rocks off
- get one's shit together
- get one's skates on
- get one's tongue round
- get one's wires crossed
- get one's wires (or lines) crossed
- get on (or along) like a house on fire
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- get on to
- get on top of
- get (or be) even
- get (or be given) a guernsey
- get (or be given) the gate
- get (or be) in on the act
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature