stroke of work

What is the new stroke of work that's expected from me this time?"

If you escape - you need never do another stroke of work as long as you live."

I did so; but instead of seeking work, as I had been accustomed to do previously to hiring my time, I spent the whole week without the performance of a single stroke of work. I did this in retaliation.

For years he has gone on unflinchingly, filled with the most living faith and hope and charity, and I sometimes wonder whether they are any better now in his parish than they were under his predecessor, a man who smoked and drank beer from Monday morning to Saturday night, never did a stroke of work, and often kept the scanty congregation waiting on Sunday afternoons while he finished his postprandial nap.

And also how I, who never did a stroke of work in my life, am overburdened with wealth; whilst the children of the men who made that wealth are slaving as their fathers slaved, or starving, or in the workhouse, or on the streets, or the deuce knows where.

"On Friday in the next week I happened to come back late--having had a good stroke of work to do that day, in the way of cooking a public dinner for a tavern-keeper who knew me.

I undertook not to give the poor beast away, but at the same time told him I had not the faintest intention of doing another stroke of work that night.

It is true that the royal speech at the opening of such session virtually said, My lords and gentlemen, you have a considerable stroke of work to do, and you will please to retire to your respective chambers, and discuss, How not to do it.

I would also point out to Irene Davidson that it is the Northern Irish MPs who haven't done a stroke of work for two and a half years, not the Irish MPs that she stated.

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In another industry, I well remember the draughtsmen's union rep each morning laying the same large blueprint over his board and not doing a stroke of work all day, except plot with his other reps.

Referring to Lady C's work ethic, he added: "We are all working hard in there but one person never washed a cup, never dried a cup, never did one stroke of work. The rest of us worked to support her."

Most of the TUSC candidates were just names on paper, they didn't do a stroke of work in my area of Liversedge and Gomersal mainly because they haven't the numbers.

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