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работяга (A worker or operative. Also attrib. 1833 T. Hamilton Men & Manners Amer. (1843) 171 The operative class [of New York] have already formed themselves into a society, under the name of ‘The Workies'. Ibid. 175 The Worky convention. 1855 H. Martineau Autobiog. (1877) II. 305 The reasons why no gentry were admitted were,..because there was no room for more than the ‘workies'. 1894 Sunday Reform Leaflet (Columbus, Ohio) Sept. 5 Take away this rest-day, and you..turn us into a nation of mere ‘workies'. OED Alexander Demidov); в запарке (Of or pertaining to work; tending to be too serious about work. Angelo has created an important deadline so he is all worky [в полной запарке] today. WT Alexander Demidov) |
