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Yakka vs Yacca - What's the difference?

yakka | yacca | Alternative forms |

Yacca is a alternative form of yakka.



As nouns the difference between yakka and yacca

is that yakka is work while yacca is either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, species: Podocarpus coriaceus and species: Podocarpus purdicanus.

As a verb yakka

is to work.

yakka

English

Alternative forms

* yakker

Noun

(wikipedia yakka) (-)
  • (Australia) Work.
  • * 1986 , , Volume 30, page 42,
    • The demand for work and abortion shows that feminists have been coopted by the wimps, whose ideal is the single mother yoked to tough yakka ; for it frees them to drift between bedrooms and bathhouses.
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    • , title=PURDITORY: Harridans [Harsoc] , group=aus.games.roleplay , author=Michael Barlow , date=July 3 , year=1991 , passage=The slaves who do all the yakka could be another species, small and easily bullied. Failing that, enslaved humans will do. citation
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    • , title=Drivetrain component upgrade , group=aus.bicycle , author=MPD , date=October 22 , year=2002 , passage=I have seen way too many cheap cranksets go to the pack after a small amount of x-country and minor technical yakka off-road. citation

    Usage notes

    Almost solely used in the term hard yakka.

    Derived terms

    * hard yakka

    Verb

    yakka
  • (Australia) To work.

    • Anagrams

    *

    yacca

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) yaca, from (etyl). (wikipedia yacca)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, (taxlink) and (taxlink).

    • See also

    * (Podocarpus)

    Etymology 2

    From a native Australian name.

    Alternative forms

    * yacka, yakka

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea
    • Synonyms
    * grasstree, grass tree * blackboy

    External links

    * (Xanthorrhoea) * (Xanthorrhoea)