darg

D2A1R1G2
UK/dɑːɡ/

noun

A day's work.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

darg1

noundarg (plural dargs)

plural dargs · alternative dawerk · alternative dawark · alternative daurk · alternative daark · alternative dark · alternative darrak · alternative darroch · alternative dargue · alternative daurg

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalA day's work.
  2. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalA defined quantity or amount of work, or of the product of work, done in a certain time or at a certain rate of payment; a task.

darg2

noundarg (plural dargs)

plural dargs

  1. dialectalinformalInformal form of dog.

    Hall had stood gaping. "He wuz bit," said Hall. "I’d better go and see to en," and he trotted after the stranger. He met Mrs. Hall in the passage. "Carrier’s darg," he said "bit en."

    1897, Herbert George Wells, chapter III, in The Invisible Man

Origin

darg · noun

First attested in late Middle English; a syncopic form of daywork, developed through the series of forms: daywork → daywerk → daywark → dawark → *da’ark → dark → darg.

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darg · noun

The ŏ of dog (dŏg) has merged with ä in many American dialects.

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Cite this entry
APA

darg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darg

MLA

“darg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darg. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “darg,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darg.

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