yeoman's service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yeoman's service
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Then he threw aside books and gown and joined his four brothers in the Continental ranks, where he did yeoman's service for his country.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
He had done his country more than yeoman's service.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony
With that keen intuition which has done him yeoman's service in the political arena, Mr Lessingham at once perceived the direction my thoughts were taking.
From The Beetle by Marsh, Richard
In honest truth, it will do me yeoman's service.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
Why, most negligent of friends and allies, I have wanted it already, and that when it might have done me yeoman's service.
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
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