Definition of "chore" []

• A routine or minor duty or task. See Synonyms at task. (noun)
• Daily or routine domestic tasks, especially a farmer's routine morning and evening tasks, such as feeding livestock. (noun)
• An unpleasant or burdensome task. (noun)

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• "The word chore connotes tedium, but that was not how I felt about them."
• "And the reason why it's a chore is not JUST because I'm lazy and shy; it, usually, also has to do with the second point above: A lot of times, people at campaign events (especially in Iowa and NH) are semi-pro campaign-event goers (or, as some articles last month had it, "political tourists")."
• "Next to each chore is a box that the child can check off when they have completed their task."