What does stroke of work mean?

stroke of work

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"But who can doubt that the bricklayer and the glazier are happier than the "man of property" for whom they are doing those humble strokes of work?"
"Each man does one to several licks or strokes of work and moves forward a specified distance."

strokes of work (plural)

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