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CHARE
Etymology
Noun
chare (plural chares)
Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
(Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
Synonyms
• (narrow lane): See Thesaurus:alley
Verb
chare (third-person singular simple present chares, present participle charing, simple past and past participle chared)
(intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.
Anagrams
• Arche, REACH, acher, chear, rache, reach
Source: Wiktionary
Char, Chare, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Char.]
1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] Nores. Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. Old Proverb.
2. To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.
Char, Chare, v. i.
Definition: To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
Chare, n.
Definition: A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]
Chare, n. & v.
Definition: A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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