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linge.

To work hard.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/lɪnd͡ʒ/
  1. To work hard.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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