wark

I didna mean that at a'; but the pit-head doesna make them ony better, an' it's no' wark for them at a'.

An' whaat would ye ha'e the cheek t'offer a McLanghlan to cuik till ye, you that kens sae fine the price o' wark?

But, as he says, it was but "beggar's wark," and he was glad to return to his weaving when times got a little better.

My mon's been a sober mon all his life, and he never negleckit his wark.

He that's mann'd wi' boys and hors'd wi' colts will hae his meat eaten and his wark ill done.