clerkdom

It shows that the desire to be practical has become general, that the claim to be so has now become necessary in order to obtain an audience, and that the very notion of "clerkdom" has become obscured even in those who still tend to exercise that function.

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The divorce was amicable and was processed with the usual efficiency of local clerkdom -- meaning that everything has to be just perfect, but once it is, things proceed smoothly.

Taoyuan Streets Michael Turton 2007

It never occurred to him that he belonged in the realm of clerkdom.

The Financier 2004

The office was by no means altogether composed of steady specimens of clerkdom, but had a large admixture of lively sparks who, though they would never set the Thames on fire, brightened and enlivened our surroundings.

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920

It never occurred to him that he belonged in the realm of clerkdom.

The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

The unknown and intrepid burglar was a terror to all the clerkdom of the City, and though he was as secret and secluded as Peace, the two heroes were never identified.

A Book of Scoundrels 1896

The unknown and intrepid burglar was a terror to all the clerkdom of the City, and though he was as secret and secluded as

A Book of Scoundrels Charles Whibley 1894

Sooner or later the flaw must be reached, and we shall be crushed by the burden of clerkdom, especially in the subordinate bureaucracy.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892

Since his return to London he had greatly extended his circle of acquaintances, which consisted of idle fellows of the same type, youths who hang about the lowest fringe of clerkdom till they definitely class themselves either with the criminal community or with those who make a living by unrecognised pursuits which at any time may chance to bring them within the clutches of the law.

Demos George Gissing 1880

The rapidity of this narrative compels us to pass over in silence the joys of Parisian love tasted with innocence, the prodigalities peculiar to clerkdom, such as melons in their earliest prime, choice dinners at Venua's followed by the theatre, Sunday jaunts to the country in hackney-coaches.

Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Honor�� de Balzac 1824