What does time-serving mean?
Time-serving means Opportunism..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Opportunism..
And the man who had just been engaged in the most time-serving neglect of former, and a most cringing anticipation of new patrons, became forthwith the kind and hospitable host of strangers who had no claim upon him beyond their own isolated situation.
Harding brought with him a timeserving pal from The Times called Keith Blackmore, who was equally a stranger to broadcasting.
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Time-serving means Opportunism..
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And the man who had just been engaged in the most time-serving neglect of former, and a most cringing anticipation of new patrons, became forthwith the kind and hospitable host of strangers who had no claim upon him beyond their own isolated situation.
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