4. Hence: A vacant place; a job which does not have a current occupant; as, they are now interviewing candidates for the two openings in the department. 5. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; a clearing; as, oak openings. (U.S.) ...
...to the bottom. This was quite a job, for the oak was tough, and the position difficult. Tommy had ascended the tree, and proclaimed loudly the first signs of daylight as the axe bit through. Mine happened to be the axe work; so when I had finished a neat littleorifice, I swung...
down and put up some fence which would cover less ground and harbor lessvermin. Harry was so eager to be allowed to remove the hedge, that Miss Foote at last told him that she should never have dreamed of his undertaking such a job in addition to his regular work; but that he might....
...aghast at the pile of scrawled writing interlined and crossed out, withmarginalnotes and footnotes and references and what not; but she let herself in for the job of typing his book for him—which... — Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower ...
but in most instances a job is lost for want of punctuality or some other boyishirregularitywhich can only be properly corrected at home. To lose work is to be deprived of the means of subsistence; the only openings left are the workhouse or crime. It is the latter alternative which is ...
... hooking, which is a two-man job though Tony could and would do it by himself were I not here, has most fortunately raised me out of the position of a mere lodger, a household excrescence, tolerated only for the sake of certain shillings a week. It has provided me with a nich...
— Oak Openings • James Fenimore Cooper Read full book for free! ...to explain at large how the northern route had been chosen for its very hazards, the better to throw the partizans off the scent. I listened, eager for every word, but when the horses stirred behind me I wasset ...
If they weren't a good deal afraid of me, and always laying for a chance to do ...— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair ... only are the object-matter of Perfected Self-Mastery and utter absence of Self-Control; and therefore we never attribute either of these states ...