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Definition of yakka noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yakka

noun

/ˈjækə/

/ˈjækə/

[uncountable] (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)

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work, especially of a hard physical kind
- hard yakka
Word Originfrom Yagara (an extinct Aboriginal language of Queensland) yaga ‘to work’.

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