Regular hard work; effectual service; excellent service whether
in a good or bad cause. The reference is to the yeomen of the Free
Companies.
“We found a long knife, and a knotted hand-kerchief stained with
blood, with which Claude had no doubt recently done yeoman's
service.” —Miss Robinson: Whitefriars, chap. viii.
More on Yeoman's Service from Infoplease:
See a map of "" in the Visual Thesaurus
