(Australia, NZ, colloquial) Hard work.
The men who did all the hard yakka believed in a short cut – shoot the bastards; it was cheaper and easier.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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