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#* '''1827''', [[w:Sir Walter Scott|Walter Scott]], ''The Chronicles of the Canongate'', chapter 1: |
#* '''1827''', [[w:Sir Walter Scott|Walter Scott]], ''The Chronicles of the Canongate'', chapter 1: |
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#*: [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine '''yeoman's service'''. |
#*: [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine '''yeoman's service'''. |
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Revision as of 13:25, 12 January 2020
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Etymology
An allusion to stouthearted, dutiful labor performed by a yeoman.
Noun
- (idiomatic, of behavior by a person) Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
- 1891, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Unknown to History, chapter 7:
- He hath done yeoman's service, and proved himself staunch and faithful.
- 1891, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Unknown to History, chapter 7:
- (idiomatic, of an object or characteristic) Reliable, useful, capable service.
- c. 1600 William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:
- I once did hold it, as our statists do,
- A baseness to write fair and labour'd much
- How to forget that learning, but, sir, now
- It did me yeoman's service.
- 1827, Walter Scott, The Chronicles of the Canongate, chapter 1:
- [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine yeoman's service.
- c. 1600 William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:
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