Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A moment of leisure; time free from business.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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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