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As the great financial purist, Will he smite the sinecurist Or emerge as a Futurist?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 by Various

Yet, sinecurist as he was, Selwyn often regarded his position as a hard necessity, especially when he was driven into the country to look after his constituents.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

His man is a man of business; his embassy is no showy sinecure; his ambassador is no showy sinecurist.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various

He would then heartily wish himself out of Parliament: the sorrows of a sinecurist might well be the title of some of the letters written from Matson.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

POLIGNAC, Duke de, a sinecurist, dismissed, at Bale, younger, in Ham.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas