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Make-work
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
make-work
"busy-work, activity of no value," 1937, Amer.Eng., from make (v.) + work.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Cultural Dictionary
make-work definition
Publicly provided employment that is designed primarily to relieve unemployment and only incidentally to accomplish important tasks. If private employers are hiring few people because of a business slump, the government can “make work” for people to do.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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