Both Uses of
sinecure
in
1984 by Orwell
- After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important.†
p. 75..9 *
- He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly-paid than his old job had been.†
p. 289..1
Definition:
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(sinecure) a paid position that involves minimal duties