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Definition of Factotums
1. factotum [n] - See also: factotum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Factotums
Literary usage of Factotums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society by Bibliographical Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"As to these factotums, Mr. Duff says, in Mr. Pollard's Early Illustrated Books, p.
... These factotums were in general use both at Oxford and Cambridge. ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"Ornaments, initials, and factotums are measured in millimeters, and briefly
described if distinctive. An indication of a type-capital, initial, ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page by Burton Jesse Hendrick, Woodrow Wilson (1922)
"and whatnot, sent it on from capital to capital—were a sort of general "forwarding"
factotums. The office is really out of date now. ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1908)
"... one of the Emperor's factotums, who illuminated parchments, built castles, or
painted frescoes with equal diligence if not with equal skill. ..."
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