Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.
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- adjective Resembling a
yeoman or yeoman's work:brave andstout - adverb In the manner of a
yeoman ;bravely andstoutly
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thanks to some yeomanlike batting from Graeme Swann and Jimmy Anderson, England had reached 356 and the game was, for the time being, safe.
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Thanks to some yeomanlike batting from Graeme Swann and Jimmy Anderson, England had reached 356 and the game was, for the time being, safe.
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Thanks to some yeomanlike batting from Graeme Swann and Jimmy Anderson, England had reached 356 and the game was, for the time being, safe.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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Champagne seems like a yeomanlike writer, one who can give you a decent story but won't dazzle you.
What I bought – 5 December 2007 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.
Ivanhoe 2004
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He claims to be flattered that I called his book on O. Henry a 'yeomanlike piece of work.'
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He claims to be flattered that I called his book on O. Henry a 'yeomanlike piece of work.'
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One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker
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One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.
The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. Various 1904
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