Definitions

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  • noun Australia Work.
  • verb Australia To work.

Etymologies

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From Yagara yaga (work).

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Examples

  • NAPIER: It was another day of hard 'yakka' for India's bowlers in the second Test here at McLean Park.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • 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.

    The Year My Startup Broke (in a good way) 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Offspringette Over and Out. 2007

  • 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

  • Only he knows how hungry he is to carry on the hard yakka of a fast bowler's life.

    Harmison faces graft to reclaim place 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    Offspringette Over and Out. 2007

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  • Australian slang - work. Most often found in the term 'hard yakka', which is also a brand of clothing.

    March 2, 2009