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beavering Definition


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beaver2
verb
    (chiefly Brit)
    intr
    beavered, beavering
    1. colloq
      To work very hard and persistently at something.
      Form: beaver away at something (especially)
Etymology: 1940s: from beaver1, referring to the way beavers work away felling trees, damming streams and building their lodges.



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