taskwork

[ task-wurk, tahsk- ]

/ ˈtæskˌwɜrk, ˈtɑsk- /

work assigned or imposed as a task.

unpleasant or disagreeable work.

work paid for by the job; piecework.

Origin of taskwork

First recorded in 1480–90; task + work

Weary Thought shall take his time, Free of task-work, loosed from rhyme.

Julia Ward Howe |Laura E. Richards
The task-work which by "gown-boys" was most disliked was what was called being basonite.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science |Various
John, in a struggle to do task-work honestly, over-exerts himself, and ruins his digestion for life.

Literary and General Lectures and Essays |Charles Kingsley
I hate the notion of task-work and drudgery in literature; and what sort of a living is to be got out of our inspirations?

The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax |Harriet Parr

After the darkness, the light; after fighting, peace; after the task-work, a smile of reward!

Sunrise |William Black

taskwork

/ (ˈtɑːskˌwɜːk) /

hard or unpleasant work

a rare word for piecework