Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Service performed only under inspection of the eye of an employer or master.
- noun Homage paid with the eyes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Service performed only underinspection , or the eye of anemployer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3. 1999
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At the hotels its adoption is compulsory, if the traveller would shun eyeservice and the most provoking inattention or neglect.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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51: 003: 022 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;
The Bible, King James version, Book 51: Colossians Anonymous
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49: 006: 006 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of
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49: 006: 006 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of
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51: 003: 022 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;
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