by-work

American  

[bahy-wurk] / ˈbaɪˌwɜrk /

noun

1. work done in addition to one's regular work, as in intervals of leisure.

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Etymology

Origin of by-work

First recorded in 1580–90; by- + work

Example Sentences

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

Like scholars, in addition to her professional or livelihood-study, she devotes herself to an extra-study and by-work and does, in connection with every piece of work, those that lie adjacent to it.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

One might have supposed that his poetry, great and extensive as it was, was a πάρεργον, a by-work, with him.

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Whiting, Lilian

Voltaire avowedly never attempts ordinary representation of ordinary life—save as the merest by-work, it is all "purpose," satire, fancy.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

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