English
Pronunciation
IPA: /h�:d 'jæk�/
Noun
hard yakka (uncountable)
- context|Australian English|colloquial hard work
#:*1988: The men who did all the hard yakka believed in a short cut � shoot the bastards; it was cheaper and easier. � Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked
#:*1991: somebody sits down and does the solid, hard yakka of talking his way through with the waterside workers and with the union movement generally — w:Kim Beazley|Kim Beazley, w:Australian House of Representatives|Australian House of Representatives 1
Usage notes
The conventional colloquial phrase for hard work (of any kind).
Category:Australia
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