yeoman service
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Alternative form of yeoman's service
- 1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 321:
- Though largely ousted on main-line duties by the 4-6-0, this type [the 4-4-0] performed yeoman service on express work during the latter part of the last century and the early part of this.