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Siʹnecure [siʹ-ne-kure]

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An enjoyment of the money attached to a benefice without having the trouble of the “cure”; also applied to any office to which a salary is attached without any duties to perform. (Latin, sine cura, without cure, or care.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Simplicity is sine plica
Simplon Road
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Sin-eaters
Sincere
Sindhu
Sindon
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Sinecure [si-ne-kure]
Sinews of War
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Sing Old Rose
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Singing Apple
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