Mr Croft was comfortable with his cushy sinecure.
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Sinecure
/ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/
Synonyms for "sinecure" (16 found)
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Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
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A lucrative sinecure in the Excise was bestowed on Ferguson.
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His prospects consisted of a hope that if he kept up appearances somebody would do something for him. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.
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