The butler remained on sufferance because of his grey hairs, but the footmen, who had been rather a feature of the Anselman establishment, had departed, and their places had been filled by half a dozen of the smartest of parlourmaids, one or two of whom were still in evidence.

The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

It might be, as she had told him, that she chose to work for her living, but he knew as though by inspiration that her people and connections were of that world to which he could never belong, save on sufferance.

A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

But she holds it on sufferance and by a complimentary construction of language which does not refer to her.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

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