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line of work

line of work noun: an occupation.

Noun

line of work (plural lines of work)

  1. (informal) An occupation.
    • Before the Industrial Revolution, most children inherited their line of work from their parents through a process known as ascription.2008, Stephen A. Sweet, Peter Meiksins, Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy, Pine Forge Press, →ISBN
    • Nick could see that Ronnie might be a bit of a handful, and that his line of work might make a certain kind of girl uneasy.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Forms of line of work

plurallines of work

Questions about line of work

What does line of work mean?
Line of work means an occupation.
What part of speech is line of work?
Line of work is a noun.
What is the plural of line of work?
The plural of line of work is lines of work.

Words near line of work in the dictionary

  1. line of sight
  2. line of striction
  3. line of succession
  4. line of supply
  5. line of thought
  6. line of work
  7. line off
  8. line officer
  9. line officers
  10. line one's pockets
  11. line out

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