harrd-wurkin

Updated: January 7, 2026

She has informed me in intemperate terms, that "it is aisy to see you are no leddy, an' fer the matter o' that, no Christian, ayther, or you'd not put sech an insult on to an honest, harrd-wurkin' girrl as has her livin' to git."

Marion Harland - The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)