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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ges-wurk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɛsˌwɜrk



Definition of guesswork

Origin :
  • also guess-work, 1725, from guess + work (n.).
  • noun guess
Example sentences :
  • It had only been selected by guesswork among a number on Roden's bunch.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • In nearly all of America's accidents, guesswork is the real cause.
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
  • The further in they went the greater the guesswork of the going.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • Perhaps I might hazard a guess, but it's no use talking of guesswork.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • It was guesswork to trace his footsteps, but the elder youth made the effort.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Tell him he must measure out the water without any guesswork.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • This, he recognized, was guesswork, but still it might be the truth.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • Oh, a man lets out a lot of guesswork when he is nervous about his own business.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • But it was no time for weeping; we had other guesswork on hand, and we buckled to our work with a will.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • The latter are indeed so solid that there is no necessity for guesswork.
  • Extract from : « Opportunities in Aviation » by Arthur Sweetser

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