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This week's theme Whose what? This week's words deadman's hand yeoman's service bum's rush devil's advocate widow's walk Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg yeoman's service PRONUNCIATION: (YO-muhnz SUHR-vis) MEANING: noun: Efficient, useful, or loyal service. ETYMOLOGY: From yeoman (servant or assistant), probably a blend of young + man, or from ga (region) + man. USAGE: "Commissioner Ralph Carpenter, who sits on the reform commission, is a good man and hard worker. He has done yeoman's service for the governor." Toni Gold; A Better Bureaucracy Won't Fix The DOT; Hartford Courant (Connecticut); Nov 11, 2007. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate. -Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, moralist and essayist (1715-1747)

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