Lexicographical Neighbors of Choring
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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