OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5862

sinecure

/ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bicoca • canonjía • enchufe • prebenda • sinecura
A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
A lucrative sinecure in the Excise was bestowed on Ferguson.
Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
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