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- noun Australia
Work . - verb Australia To
work .
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Examples
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NAPIER: It was another day of hard 'yakka' for India's bowlers in the second Test here at McLean Park.
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Web 2.0 has been and gone, and it has left many of my friends with not much at all to show for it despite years of hard yakka.
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This should and probably will be hard yakka for England.
The Ashes 2010: Australia v England – day three live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2010
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Web 2.0 has been and gone, and it has left many of my friends with not much at all to show for it despite years of hard yakka.
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He sets a challenge (a bit of a toughie) to all the potential suitors out there - put in some hard yakka, name every single ukie tree on his plantation, and the girl's yours.
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I'm doing this a lot recently, saying I'll do something, doing all the hard yakka then stuff getting in the way and the final bit is unfinished.
gillpolack: Lauren Beukes, Moxyland gillpolack 2009
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Only he knows how hungry he is to carry on the hard yakka of a fast bowler's life.
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I'm doing this a lot recently, saying I'll do something, doing all the hard yakka then stuff getting in the way and the final bit is unfinished.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009
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He sets a challenge (a bit of a toughie) to all the potential suitors out there - put in some hard yakka, name every single ukie tree on his plantation, and the girl's yours.
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He sets a challenge (a bit of a toughie) to all the potential suitors out there - put in some hard yakka, name every single ukie tree on his plantation, and the girl's yours.
bilby commented on the word yakka
Australian slang - work. Most often found in the term 'hard yakka', which is also a brand of clothing.
March 2, 2009