Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mannerchor \M["a]n"ner*chor`\, n.; G. pl. {-ch["o]re}. [G.;
m["a]nner, pl. of mann man + chor chorus.]
A German men's chorus or singing club.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chore \Chore\, n. [The same word as char work done by the day.]
A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a
household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chore \Chore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Choring}.]
To do chores. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chore \Chore\, n.
A choir or chorus. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chore
n : a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or
for a specific fee: "estimates of the city's loss on that
job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of
repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless
task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning
chores" [syn: {job}, {task}]
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