by-work
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Etymology
Origin of by-work
Example Sentences
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Some prig with Him about their time, and will make religion but their by-work.
From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Houston, Thomas
One characteristic example of this by-work must suffice.
From Dante Six Sermons by Wicksteed, Philip H.
The law, if he did not like it, was yet no by-work with him; he was as truly ambitious as the men with whom he maintained so keen and for long so unsuccessful a rivalry.
From Bacon by Morley, John
Parergon, pa-rėr′gon, n. a by-work, any work subsidiary to another.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
He has had some learning indeed; but then all that solid by-work, such as is requisite for a Privy Counsellor, of that he never was possessed; and so sit down to work.
From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William
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