• Yakka

    Origin

    From Yagara yaga (work).

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    yakka

    (uncountable)
    1. (Australia) Work.
      • 1986, Quadrant (magazine), 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.
    , The slaves who do all the yakka could be another species, small and easily bullied. Failing that, enslaved humans will do.
      • 2002, October 22, MPD, Drivetrain component upgrade, 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.

    Usage notes

    Almost solely used in the term hard yakka.

    Derived terms

    Verb

    yakka
    1. (Australia) To work.

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