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chore definition

chore (c̸hôr)

noun

  1. a small routine task, as of a housekeeper or farmer: often used in pl.
  2. a hard or unpleasant task

Etymology: ME cher, cherre: see chare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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