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Definition of Chore
1. Noun. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. "The farmer's morning chores"
Generic synonyms: Duty
Specialized synonyms: Ball-breaker, Ball-buster, Stint, Scut Work, Shitwork
Derivative terms: Job, Job, Task
Definition of Chore
1. n. A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.
2. v. i. To do chores.
3. n. A choir or chorus.
Definition of Chore
1. Noun. A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one. ¹
2. Verb. (British informal) To steal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chore
1. to do small jobs [v CHORED, CHORING, CHORES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chore
Literary usage of Chore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in Germany, Or, Scenes, Impressions, and Every-day Life of the Germans by William Howitt (1849)
"He has to manage all the money affairs of the chore, and the chore treasury is
... This is, in fact, a treasury, into which every member of the chore pays a ..."
2. The Student-life of Germany by William Howitt, Dr Cornelius (1842)
"THE chore. Now first of all, to drive scholastic folly, I'll bring thec to a ...
The prohibition of the chore colours was a severe blow to the unions, ..."
3. Dictionary of Americanisms. by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"The pronunciation is uniformly chore. It is mostly confined to New England. "
Hunting cattle is a dreadful chore," remarked one of our neighbors, ..."
4. My Autobiography by Samuel Sidney McClure (1914)
"... as a chore- boy—Charley Griffith—My Restlessness —I Try for a College Education
A LTHOUGH my spirits rose so high on that Fourth of July day in Hebron, ..."
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