chauffeurship

English

Etymology

chauffeur +‎ -ship

Noun

chauffeurship (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.
    • 1905, Automotive Industries‎, volume 13, page 582:
      Prospective employer - "How close to the edge of that cliff can you drive at speed?" / First candidate for chauffeurship - "Within two inches, easy." / P. E. - "And you?" / Second candidate - "I have driven within half an inch." / P. E. - "And you?" / Third candidate. - "Sure, I would keep as far away as I could, if it cost me the job.
    • 1945, Ella Young, Flowering Dusk: Things Remembered Accurately and Inaccurately‎:
      We are climbing in an auto under Molly's efficient chauffeurship.
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