yeoman's service

English

An allusion to stouthearted, dutiful labor performed by a yeoman.

yeoman's service

(idiomatic, of behavior by a person) Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
- 1891, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Unknown to History, chapter 7:
  He hath done yeoman's service, and proved himself staunch and faithful.
(idiomatic, of an object or characteristic) Reliable, useful, capable service.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:
  I once did hold it, as our statists do,
  A baseness to write fair and labour'd much
  How to forget that learning, but, sir, now
  It did me yeoman's service.
- 1827, Walter Scott, The Chronicles of the Canongate, chapter 1:
  [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine yeoman's service.

单词	yeoman's service
释义	yeoman's service English Alternative forms yeoman service yeoman's work Etymology An allusion to stouthearted, dutiful labor performed by a yeoman. Noun yeoman's service (idiomatic, of behavior by a person) Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner. 1891, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Unknown to History, chapter 7: He hath done yeoman's service, and proved himself staunch and faithful. (idiomatic, of an object or characteristic) Reliable, useful, capable service. c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2: I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair and labour'd much How to forget that learning, but, sir, now It did me yeoman's service. 1827, Walter Scott, The Chronicles of the Canongate, chapter 1: [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine yeoman's service.
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