As the precious ‘lad’ grew older, and divers indoor potentates died off, the housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship, and divers other similar crafts, even to the final post of butler […]
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Footmanship
Synonyms for "footmanship"
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[…] a rich-liveried footman was lounging in an easy chair, with his heels as high as his head […] and from this comfortable position he budged not an inch at the importunate summons […]. “What!” cried the primitive and provincial serving man, “don’t you answer the drawing-room bell?” “Not unless they persewere,” was the cool response of his footmanship.
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[…] I think […] you’d better change your work for something out of doors, where I won’t trouble you so much. Can you do anything else but footmanship?
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They too were ranged in order of rank: four chamberlains, four Hussars, four Chasseurs, and four butlers—these were the degrees within the hierarchy of footmanship.
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