Definition of Choring

1. chore [v] - See also: chore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choring

chores
choreus
choreuses
choria
chorial
choriamb
choriambi
choriambic
choriambics
choriambs
choriambus
choriambuses
choric
chorine
chorines
choring (current term)
chorio-
chorioadenoma
chorioallantoic
chorioallantoic graft
chorioallantoic membrane
chorioallantoic placenta
chorioallantois
chorioallantoises
chorioamnionic placenta
chorioamnionitis
chorioangioma
chorioangiomas
chorioangiomata

Literary usage of Choring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Romano Lavo-lil: Word-book of the Romany; Or, English Gypsy Language by George Henry Borrow (1905)
"And when I jaw'd odoy with lasa, A choring mas and morro, Sig she chor'da ... I'm jalling across the pani, A choring mas and morro, Along with a bori ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"While outside the cells he heard . . . ask "What she was in for?" Maciver replied, " choring, me and Maggie Devaney." He took that to mean steal- ing. ..."

3. Constructive Rural Sociology by John Morris Gillette (1913)
"(4) The labour processes are mostly mechanical with the exception of husking and shovelling, and the incidental choring. (5) There is necessarily much ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"A char-woman ; also any person, male or female, working at odd work and not regular employment. choring [choa-reen], sb. Charing ; house-work by the day. ..."

5. Travels in Alaska by John Muir (1915)
"When they go out for all day they put on a single blanket, but in choring around camp, getting firewood, cooking, or looking after their precious canvas, ..."

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