MAKE-WORK

PRONUNCIATION: (MAYK-wuhrk)

MEANING: noun: Work of little value, devised mainly to keep someone busy.

ETYMOLOGY: From make, from Old English macian (to make) + work, from Old English worc (work). Earliest documented use: 1911.
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FAKE-WORK - like Wally in Dilbert

MANE-WORK - currying a horse

MAKE-WOK - manufacture Chinese cooking utensil

MAGE-WORK - spellcasting