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plural dargs
(in Scotland and northern English dialects) A day's work. examples
(in Scotland and northern English dialects) A defined quantity or amount of work, or of the product of work, done in a certain time or at a certain rate of payment; a task. examples
(dialect) Informal form of dog. quotations examples
Hall had stood gaping. "He wuz bit," said Hall. "I’d better go and see to en," and he trotted after the stranger. He met Mrs. Hall in the passage. "Carrier’s darg," he said "bit en."
1897, Herbert George Wells, chapter III, in The Invisible Man