yeoman's service
nounEtymology
An allusion to stouthearted, dutiful labor performed by a yeoman.
Definitions
Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
- Near-synonym: good job
- He hath done yeoman's service, and proved himself staunch and faithful.
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.
- [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine yeoman's service.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA