verb
Meaning 1
To work hard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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/lɪnd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ɪndʒ
History
Etymology
From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lenġan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.