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Definition of Bywork
1. n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
Definition of Bywork
1. Noun. work done in addition to one's normal duties ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bywork
1. work done during leisure time [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bywork
Literary usage of Bywork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-instructor for All who by Edwin Gordon Lawrence (1913)
"... but rather does not even allow of anything else being a bywork to it. Even if
they should take some of the funds at Olympia or Delphi, and endeavor, ..."
2. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1897)
"But for all this, they have a genuine interest and value for those who will study
them as the bywork of a man who has, along several lines, ..."
3. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... and not very notable exception of Sheridan Knowles, almost all the names
already mentioned are those of persons to whom drama was a mere bywork. ..."
4. Comparative Legal Philosophy Applied to Legal Institutions by Luigi Miraglia (1912)
"Roman law divided possession into three kinds, the "naturalis possessio," or
simple detention; the "possessio," enriched bywork; and the"civilis possessio," ..."
5. Standards of American Legislation: An Estimate of Restrictive and by Ernst Freund (1917)
"The determination of policies might thus be made a purely political function,
unincumbered by the confusing bywork of technical detail, and the efficient ..."
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