"daywork" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English daywork",
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        "2": "daywerk"
      },
      "expansion": "daywerk",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "dæġweorc"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*dagawerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dagawerką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dagawerką",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "day",
        "3": "work"
      },
      "expansion": "day + work",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką, equivalent to day + work.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dayworks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The work done in a day; a day's work."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "work",
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          "day",
          "day"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The work done in a day; a day's work."
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The amount of land that can be worked in a day."
      ],
      "id": "en-daywork-en-noun-miaVAdQx",
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        "(obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day."
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "daily",
          "daily"
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        {
          "ref": "1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 257",
          "text": "‘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.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪwɜːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪwɝk/",
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        "General-American"
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      "word": "day work"
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      "word": "day-work"
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  ],
  "word": "daywork"
}

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    "English terms derived from Old English",
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    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dayworker"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*dagawerką"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dagawerką",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "2": "day",
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      "expansion": "day + work",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką, equivalent to day + work.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "The work done in a day; a day's work."
      ],
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        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The work done in a day; a day's work."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The amount of land that can be worked in a day."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daily",
          "daily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 257",
          "text": "‘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.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪwɜːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪwɝk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "day work"
    },
    {
      "word": "day-work"
    }
  ],
  "word": "daywork"
}