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

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

Avocation, vocation.—"Vocation means 'calling' or 'profession'; avocation, 'something aside from one's regular calling, a by-work.'"

From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray

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

One characteristic example of this by-work must suffice.

From Dante Six Sermons by Wicksteed, Philip H.

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