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Hard yakka — hard manual labour; laborious physical work … Dictionary of Australian slang
hard yakka — hard work, associated with labouring … Kiwi (New Zealand slang)
hard yakka — I Australian Slang hard manual labour; laborious physical work II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) hard work, associated with labouring … English dialects glossary
Yakka — is a loan word from two different Australian Aboriginal languages, both now commonly used in broader Australian English vocabulary. The word may refer to:* Hard work, from the Jagara people of Moreton Bay. It was spelled yakker or yacker until… … Wikipedia
Bloody hard yakka — very hard work … Dictionary of Australian slang
bloody hard yakka — Australian Slang very hard work … English dialects glossary
yakka — /ˈjækə / (say yakuh) –noun 1. Colloquial work: *The old man come up the hard way but his kids ll always have plenty others to do the hard yakka. –mary durack, 1959. –verb (i) 2. Obsolete to work: to yakka in the paddock all day. Also, yacker,… …
Yakka — (hard manual) work … Dictionary of Australian slang
yakka — /yak euh/, n. Australian. work, esp. hard work. [1885 90; earlier sp. yacker, yakker; of obscure orig.] * * * … Universalium
yakka — Australian Slang (hard manual) work, an Aboriginal term … English dialects glossary
