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working

/ˈwɝkɪŋ/ noun A1
  1. Operation; action. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Method of operation. (countable, uncountable)
  3. The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. (countable, uncountable) · Be sure to check your working.
  4. Fermentation. (countable, uncountable)
  5. Becoming full of a vegetable substance. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A place where work is carried on. (countable, uncountable) · the abandoned mine workings
  7. A train movement. (countable)

Plural workings

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Come over here now!” He seized me by the coat-sleeve in his eagerness, and drew me over to the table at which he had been working.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 7 · B2
We left him working among his chemicals, and we walked together towards my hotel.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 10 · B2
The housekeeper’s room was rather nearer to the front of the house than the pantry in which Ames had been working.
The Valley of Fear, p. 49 · C1
“A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 3 · B2

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