yeoman's service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yeoman's service
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Luther's famous reply to Erasmus On the Bondage of the Will is made to do yeoman's service in this respect.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)
In the little band of workers which I had joined, I was soon called upon to perform yeoman's service.
From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward
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)
That mournful search in which he had borne so active and intrepid a part had, he felt, rendered him yeoman’s service.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
So far Fordham had rendered him yeoman’s service.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
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