Work Glossary

assist	attention	bank
beaver away	boondoggle	break one's back
buckle down	bushwhack	busy
busywork	caning	care
carpenter	chef-d'oeuvre	claw
clerk	cold work	coldwork
computerise	computerize	coursework
cybernate	dig	drive
duty	electioneer	exploit
fag	farm	fill
fink	follow-up	followup
freelance	get together	go through
handicraft	handiwork	handwork
heavy lifting	hot-work	housewifery
housework	intern	investigating
investigation	ironing	ironwork
job	join forces	jostle
keep one's nose to the grindstone	keep one's shoulder to the wheel	knuckle down
labor	lacework	lacquerware
lavation	leatherwork	logging
loose end	make over	make-work
man	masterpiece	masticate
mess around	metalwork	minister
missionary work	moil	monkey
monkey around	moonlight	muck about
muck around	nightwork	occupy
openwork	operation	overwork
page	paperwork	peg away
piecework	plug away	polishing
procedure	project	proof
publication	pull one's weight	rack
retread	rework	scant
serve	service	silverwork
skipper	social service	spadework
specialise	specialize	stir
subbing	subcontract	substituting
take	task	till
timework	tinker	tool
turn a trick	undertaking	unfinished business
volunteer	wait	waitress