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Dugnad

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love dargnoun(Scotland, archaic) A spell of work, such as ploughing, carried out for free in a time of need.
drudgerynounExhausting, menial, and tedious work.
dayworknounWork carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
ditchdiggingnounThe digging of ditches.
darguenounAlternative form of darg (day's work, or set quantity of work) [(Scotland and dialectal Northern England) A day's work.]
diggingnounThe action performed by a person or thing that digs.
dargnoun(Scotland and dialectal Northern England) A day's work.
donkeyworknounAlternative form of donkey work. [(idiomatic) Work that is difficult, boring, and routine.]
drudgynounSuggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort.
drudgerienounObsolete spelling of drudgery. [Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.]
dinknoun(tennis) A soft drop shot.
dharnanoun(India) A sit-in.
dhurnanoun(India) Alternative form of dharna. [(India) A sit-in.]
dungernoun(Australia, New Zealand) An old, worn-out machine, especially a car.
day labornounWork done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.
dolenoun(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
danweinounA Chinese state-run socialist work cooperative, institution, organisation or government department
dunningnounAttempt to collect a debt.
dangonounA Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
dunnernounOne employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

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