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Popular fellow entering France in past proves profitable
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gainful
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"producing profit or advantage," 1550s, from gain (n.) + -ful . Phrase gainfully employed attested from 1796. Related: Gainfully (1540s).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. yielding a fair profit [syn: paid , paying ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. 1 contrary. 2 Disposed to taking advantage of. 3 troublesome; fractious; hard to handle. Etymology 2 a. Providing gain; profitable.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN employment ▪ It occurred to him that it might be easier to find gainful employment in Cornwall. ▪ How does he survive without gainful employment ? ▪ In each decade of the twentieth century, fewer men over 65 have ...
Usage examples of gainful.
Only Blade and Captain Foyn kept their eyes ahead, trying to pierce through the haze and make out the Gainful.
If Captain Foyn had wanted to drive the men at the sweeps to their full speed, he could have closed the gap to the stricken Gainful much faster.
Self-respect for Dutch sovereignty was no doubt one motive, and the knowledge that de Graaff would keep open the gainful trade with the Colonies to the satisfaction of the merchant class was certainly another.
So when Madelyne came to him, looking for a place to stay and for gainful employment, Stroker was happy to accommodate her.
He still had Guenhwyvar at his call and had put his scimitars and bow to gainful use many times.
It still disfranchises Negroes, it bars them from gainful employment, it keeps them from decent housing, schooling, public accommodations.
There turned out to be a goodly collection of low-altitude missile vehicles, French Crotales and old Russian SA-6 Gainfuls, just behind the lead echelons.
Pistach systems are carefully engineered to afford gainful, useful employment for all members, even the inevitable supply of glusi (except under conditions of glusi glut, as previously mentioned) but in the colony of Assurdo, the balance had been lost and there were misassignment glusi everywhere!
He muses on how traffic congestion in London might keep him in gainful employment for a year or so.