serviceable
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4ADJ.
best, dark-red, good, still
VERB + SERVICEABLE
phone, quote, think
SERVICEABLE + NOUN
drugget, sr, steam, wit
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
Easy to service.
Repairable instead of disposable.
In condition for use.
I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
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6I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I ma
WiktionaryThere was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
WiktionaryThe shortage of serviceable SR steam power has also led to the use of the surviving Q1 0-6-0s on passenger duties, particularly on the Horsham-Guildford service.
WiktionaryThe ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Tatoeba · #8681699The film had incredible special effects, but its story was serviceable at best.
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