| 单词 | to work by hag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work by (the) hag An amount of manual work allotted to one person at one time; a specific labouring job or task. Frequently in phrase to work by (the) hag: to do manual labour on the basis of payment for individual pieces of work rather than of continuous employment; to work by the job; to do piecework. Recorded earliest, and now only, in hagmaster n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > manual work handcraftOE craftworkOE handworkOE manual labour?1406 handworking?a1425 manoeuvre1479 hand labour1517 handiwork1525 handicrafta1535 manuary1581 mechanic1605 manufacture1625 arm labour1677 mechanics1726 hag1797 hag-work1841 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work charged by time taken hag1797 time work1829 hag-work1841 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > temporary or casual work > specific hag1797 hag-work1841 ski bumming1960 1797 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 29 July Our chief Engineer.., and by upwards of five hundred of the Inspectors, Foremen, Hagmasters, and Workmen, employed on our Works [sc. of the Grand Union Canal Company]. 1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire 36 Hagg, to work by the Hagg is to work by the great, in contradistinction to day-work. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 7 Agg.., an allotted portion of manual labour on the soil; as digging, draining, embanking, &c. ‘Have you done your agg?’ is a common inquiry amongst fellow-labourers. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 192 Hag,..work taken by contract; a job of work... ‘Whad! bin'ee roäd-makin', James?’ ‘No, I'm on'y doin' a bit of a 'ag fur owd Tummas.’ 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Hag, a task..to work by hag = by task, by the piece, instead of by the day or the week. 1893 C. M. Chapman Royal Comm. Labour: Agric. Labourer I. ii. 37 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 6894-II) XXXV. 155 Allotments..are immensely prized by men whose hours are from 7 to 5, or who can make a short day by piece-work or working by the ‘hag’. < as lemmas |
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