Darr vs Darg - What's the difference?
darr | darg |
(dialect)
* 1897 , Herbert George Wells, The Invisible Man ;
As nouns the difference between darr and darg
is that darr is a bird, the European black tern while darg is a {{l/en|day}}’s {{l/en|work}}, the {{l/en|task}} of a day; also, a defined {{l/en|quantity}} or {{l/en|amount}} of work, or of the {{l/en|product}} of work, done in a certain {{l/en|time}} or at a certain {{l/en|rate}} of {{l/en|payment}}; a task.darr
English
darg
English
Etymology 1
First attested in late (etyl); a .Alternative forms
* * *Derived terms
* * * *References
* “Darg]” listed on page 33 of volume III (D–E), § i (D) of [1st ed., 1897 * “
darg]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989
Etymology 2
The in many American dialects.Noun
(en noun)Chapter III:
- 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."
