yeoman's service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yeoman's service
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Rosabell Pickett did yeoman’s service at the badly tuned piano; but her own voice had the sweetness of a crow with the carrying power of that same non-soothing bird.
From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Thomas K. Holmes
However, they continue to render yeoman’s service, for the breeze has set in steadily.
From Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
M'Allister had intended going on to Glasgow during the previous week, but had remained at home at Norbury to assist in securing my release; doing yeoman's service in seeing various people and carrying messages.
From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Mark Wicks
Long may he live to do yeoman's service in the cause of the beautiful and the true!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various
My Lord, it is not for me to saie what course your Lordshippe should steer in this storm, onlie that the Lord Chansellour's gode worde wil, as resen is, do yeoman's service.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
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