yeoman's service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yeoman's service
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Hamilton had done yeoman's service in every branch of the government, and while the chief sincerely admired his genius, he guessed his limitations.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Elbert Hubbard
He has been called the Patrick Henry of Hardpan, where he has done yeoman's service in the cause of civil and religious liberty.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales by Ambrose Bierce
Falkner’s fighting powers had done us yeoman’s service after all, was the thought that flashed through my mind—and then I saw that it was not so; that our respite was due to another cause.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
In honest truth, it will do me yeoman's service.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
Moore was entitled to say to himself that he had done yeoman's service to the principles for which a Whig administration then stood, and yet had shown his complete independence of persons.
From Thomas Moore by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
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