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yeoman service

yeoman service is the alternative form of yeoman's service.

Meaning of yeoman's service

Noun

yeoman's service

  1. (idiomatic) Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
    • Near-synonym: good job
  2. (idiomatic) Reliable, useful, capable service.
    • 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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about yeoman service

What is yeoman service the alternative form of?
Yeoman service is the alternative form of yeoman's service.

Words near yeoman service in the dictionary

  1. Yeoford
  2. Yeoh
  3. yeoman
  4. yeoman of the chamber
  5. yeoman of the guard
  6. yeoman service
  7. Yeoman Warder
  8. Yeoman Warders
  9. yeoman work
  10. yeoman's labor
  11. yeoman's service

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