Which preposition to use with chore

for Occurrences 6%

If he is not running yet, he is probably doing chores for his mother both before and after school.

around Occurrences 6%

I dessay you, bein' a bachelor, think that my Lily kind o' wallers in washin' my ole duds, an' cookin' the beans and bacon when the thermometer's up to a hundred in the shade, and doin' chores around the hog pens an' chicken yards?

about Occurrences 5%

He is of medium size and somewhat stooped with age, but still active enough to plant and tend a patch of corn and the chores about his little place at Sugarlands.

in Occurrences 3%

A third man who helped at chores in the transformed lunch room had gathered up and piled together in a heap upon the ground near us a bushel or so of used bandagesgrim reminders left behind after the last train went by and he had touched a match to the heap in an effort to get rid of it by fire.

of Occurrences 2%

Evidently she was the boy of the family and to her fell the duty of performing the innumerable chores of the ranch, for her hands were thick with work and the tips of the fingers blunted.

out Occurrences 1%

He hung his scythe in the branches of a pear tree and we both turned into the barnyard to get the chores out of the way.

like Occurrences 1%

Children on the Pamell plantation led a carefree existence until they were about 12 years of age, when they were put to light chores like carrying water and food, picking seed from cotton lint (there were no cotton gins), and minding the smaller children.

on Occurrences 1%

Gentlemen, I was once as lively and happy a little boy as ever did chores on a farm.

Which preposition to use with  chore