yeoman's service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yeoman's service
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Moore was entitled to say to himself that he had done yeoman's service to the principles for which a Whig administration then stood, and yet had shown his complete independence of persons.
From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
Hamilton had done yeoman's service in every branch of the government, and while the chief sincerely admired his genius, he guessed his limitations.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Hubbard, Elbert
And he thought what yeoman's service Longcluse might and would have rendered him in this situation.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
His rarity, his eccentricity, and the curious mixing up of his work with Shakespere's have done him something more than yeoman's service with recent critics.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
Mr. Sumner was not even an aboriginal abolitionist; he joined and did yeoman's service in the antislavery ranks.
From Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner. by Bartol, C. A. (Cyrus Augustus)
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