eyeservice

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English

Etymology

From eye +‎ service, modelled after lipservice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌɪ səːvɪs/
  • Hyphenation: eye ser‧vice

Noun

eyeservice (usually uncountable, plural eyeservices)

  1. Work or service done only when one's employer is watching; service done for show.
    Antonym: heart-service

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for eyeservice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)