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(verb) - (1) To leave a situation before the end of the year.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
(2) This is a term of servant-life. In the rural districts, it is customary to "hire" for the year, and servants leaving before the expiration of the twelve-months are said to break the year, which is considered a discreditable thing to do, and loss of "a character" reference may be the penalty.
--Georgina Jackson's Shropshire Word-Book, 1879
January 15, 2018