Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A moment of leisure; time free from business.
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Examples
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The face has only now and then, for a resting-while, their privilege.
The Spirit of Place and Other Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884
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Accordingly, Zein ul Asnam kissed the King's hand and returned with Mubarek to Cairo; but, when they came thither, he chose not to abide with Mubarek longer than a resting-while, of the excess of his longing and his yearning to see the ninth image.
Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp John Payne 1879
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