chore

chore
chore [tʃo: US tʃo:r] n
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: chare; CHARWOMAN]
1.) a small job that you have to do regularly, especially work that you do to keep a house clean
everyday chores like shopping and housework
We share the domestic chores.
2.) something you have to do that is very boring and unpleasant
I find driving a real chore.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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