On sufferance

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by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance.

- Blackstone.

See also: Sufferance

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acceptance authority endurance Estate of sufferance Long-sufferance long-suffering patience permission permissiveness resignation self acceptance sufferance Suffrance tolerance toleration			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			On height On high On horseback on it on key On liking on line On live On loft on message on occasion on one hand on one's guard On one's hands on one's high horse On one's honor On one's last legs On one's legs On one's own account On one's own hook on paper On penalty of on purpose on request On shore On sufferance on tap on that on that point on the air On the alert on the average on the ball On the beam On the bow on the button On the cards on the coattails on the coattails of on the contrary On the docket on the dole on the dot On the European plan on the face of it on the fence on the fly on the go On the hoof on the hook On the jar			On Site Management On Site Service On Site Support Program On Site Volunteer Service on someone's back on someone's behalf on someone's doorstep on someone's good side on someone's wrong side on soundings on speaking terms on speaking terms on speaking terms on spec on spec on spec on spec on standby on standby on standby on standby on steroids on stream on stream on stream on strike on strike on strike on strike on strike On sufferance on tail on tail on tail on tail on tail on tail on tap on tap on tap on tap on tap On Tape Catalog on target on target on target on target on target on target On Target Bonus On Target Commission On Target Income On Target Media Group On Target Performance Systems on tenterhooks on tenterhooks on tenterhooks on terms on terms on terms on terms

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