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by the day

noun as in per diem

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Example Sentences

The cleaner-by-the-day will do the grubby things and I shall like it.

But Margaret-by-the-day proved an interesting game, if it did slip a cog or two in its development.

This had been altered so often, Grace proposed following Margaret's plan of "fun-by-the-day."

Me, Tommy-by-the-Day the baby echoed, patting his chest with one pudgy hand.

There is a cook and a cleaner-by-the-day, and the new maid-companion, so she should be reasonably well looked after.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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