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On-duty   Listen
adjective
on-duty  adj.  Performing or available for duties; as, her on-duty hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m.. Opposite of off-duty. (prenominal)
Synonyms: on duty(predicate).






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"On-duty" Quotes from Famous Books



... the waves, had been humbled again and again by the dauntless seamen of her Western blood; talks of big doings by the nation, and, yet more interesting, small doings by the travellers, and the breakfast passed all too soon. The young scout rose, for he was on-duty, but the long rollers on the lake forbade the going forth. Van's was a pleasant place to wait, but he chafed at the delay; his pride would have him make a record on every journey. But wait he must. Skookum tied safely to his purgatorial post whined indignantly—and with head cocked on one side, ...
— Rolf In The Woods • Ernest Thompson Seton



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