Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision; and her company was the fat spaniel in the drawing-room. From LearnThat.org. [William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) British journalist & novelist. Source: Miss Crawley at Home]
Planning on enjoying a nice sinecure from the insurer by the time the patient dies. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Leader of the Pack] Reference
It's what they call a sinecure, "Alan was saying at the very instant the summons came. From Wordnik.com. [Brand Blotters] Reference
Yeah, but at least Sullivan got elected to something even if its a minor town meeting based sinecure, that is way more than Kerry Healey could say prior to 2002. From Wordnik.com. [The Chimes at Midnight] Reference
And starts a string of "sinecure" jobs with the Dailey machine, then the U of Chicago as a "Diversity Queen" with flexible hours. From Wordnik.com. ["She shows women that it's OK to have dark skin and to not have a son. She's quite real to us."] Reference
Without anybody's interposition I was appointed to a clerkship, a real "sinecure," in the. From Wordnik.com. [Marse Henry (Volume 1) An Autobiography] Reference
"sinecure" which would have kept him in comfort to the end of his days. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
What does the word honorary mean but a sinecure?. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
The police magistrate holds any thing but a sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
The post of deputy in the French Chamber is no sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her membership on the Costume Committee was no sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
From her sinecure in the Senate, Hillary can take the gamble. From Wordnik.com. [Team Clinton] Reference
He lived, however, at Leatherhead, Slinfold being a sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Verily, you make my office of tyrant over you a perfect sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
He had seen enough to realize that pulling a trawl was no sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
That such a force would have no sinecure and would have no room for. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
In 1775 an offer was made to him of the sinecure post of Lord of the. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
Pilorge was Chateaubriand's secretary, and the place was no sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
"It is no sinecure to live amongst these copper-colored rascals," said. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
The post is not large, but the office of quartermaster is no sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
A pleasant, poetical sort of sinecure, -- there are lots of them to be had. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
It is certain that it was a sinecure, though the pay, 3,000 francs, was small. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mint, a sinecure which, after the manner of the time, required no personal attention from the holder. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
His man is a man of business; his embassy is no showy sinecure; his ambassador is no showy sinecurist. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
No one knows what De-nard was paid, or whether he will regain his lucrative old sinecure - overseeing tourism. From Wordnik.com. [Deja Coup All Over Again] Reference
It may be imagined that his post is no sinecure with an exacting master, but it is lucrative and one much sought after. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Now it was no sinecure, teaching Rhoda, but she won the dress, -- a lilac print, delicate and pretty enough for any one. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Sunday clothes, -- and no sinecure was it to dress three persistently undressable children; Winthrop was a host in himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
His occupation was no sinecure, for Darco was running half-a-dozen companies, and kept up a fire of correspondence with each. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
So the way was made simpler, though not at any time a sinecure, for those who followed the intrepid pioneers in the scarlet tunic. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
Francis Nathaniel Burton, whose brother was Marquis of Cunningham, succeeded Sir Robert Shore Milnes, in the now sinecure office of. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
The presidency of the Salamander, involving as it did occasional interviews of a nature similar to this with Mr. Murch, was no sinecure. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
Chiltern Hundreds, and this office being continued long after the necessity for it had ceased to exist, gradually became the sinecure it is to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
'On Monday, as we were still encamped here, I organized a football match and acted as referee, which in a tropical sun is no sinecure, I can tell you. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
The post of premier was offered to Lord Hawkesbury; but he deemed it too arduous, and chose rather to retire from office with the sinecure of the cinqueports. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
By this bill the board of trade, the board of works, the great wardrobe, the office of American secretary of state, and many sinecure appointments were abolished. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
At an age when he was fit for nothing else, he was considered fit to receive the salary of a sinecure; and, at twenty-one, he was appointed to a brace of offices at the mint. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
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