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Examples
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In the monthly Sabbaths of rest, the ideal school should revert to the meaning of the word leisure.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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The story says, he's 24 years old and can't fathom the rest of his life spent in leisure.
Disabled vets face multiple challenges of employability and unseen disabilities BA Haller 2008
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Edith's sewing basket showed how she put in what women miscall their leisure.
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The first step was to change the line's name from Hyp Golf to Lija, a spin on the word "leisure."
A Life Of Lija 2006
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Others, however, with a more business-like interest in the matter than mine, have recognized that a new thing has come into the country labourer's life, although they do not speak of it as "leisure."
Change in the Village George Sturt 1895
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I think a lot depends on how you define "leisure."
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There are a lot of photographers, myself included, that can't afford this kind of leisure.
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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The kicker, of course, is in the definition of "leisure."
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The kicker, of course, is in the definition of "leisure."
"BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader DaniGirl 2010
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The kicker, of course, is in the definition of "leisure."
"BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader DaniGirl 2010
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