"Chore" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... house afterward to see if there was any other little chore he could do for the old couple before going on ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper
... elation did not last long. To guide a team for a few minutes as an experiment was one thing—to plow all day like a hired hand was another. It was not a chore, it was a job. It meant moving to and fro hour after hour, day after day, with no one to talk to but the horses. It meant trudging eight or nine miles in the forenoon and as many more in the afternoon, with less than an hour off at noon. ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... Yea, this: I gently swing the door Here, of my fane—no soul to wis - And cross the patterned floor To the rood-screen That stands between The nave and inner chore. ...
— Poems of the Past and the Present • Thomas Hardy
... "for while Martha is away, we can steal into the milk cellar and lick the cream off the pans. Of course in the morning she will wonder why old Bess, the red cow, did not give as rich milk as usual. But she will think that the chore boy did not feed her enough bran, for she would never suspect Tabby, her pet, of doing such ...
— Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier • Frances Trego Montgomery
... little before nine Jerry had a broom in his hand. His orders were to sweep off the front steps. He went at it in a very leisurely manner. The sooner he finished the sooner his mother might give him some other chore to do. Even though Laura, the pleasant three-times-a-week maid, did most of the cleaning, Mrs. Martin believed her children should have a few household chores. Cathy, Jerry's twin sister, had to do the breakfast dishes on Saturdays, and even five-year-old ...
— Jerry's Charge Account • Hazel Hutchins Wilson
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