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    Is there a certain quotation you are trying to interpret? Including it here would help.

    – Brian Z
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    As already mentioned, the term was used in the business name of a Cornish tin mine. Pieter Geerkens has now explained the usage, but thank you!

    – Malcolm Norman
    2 days ago






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    I don't personally consider this off-topic here. I know ELU sometimes fields historical usage questions, but they are really much better with contemporary usage. However, I'll look into migration if its what the author wants. Is it?

    – T.E.D.
    2 days ago











  • @BrianZ odds are asker has been reading/watching Poldark.

    – AllInOne
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  • @AllInOne: Yes indeed. That is evident from inspecting the edit history back to the original pair of questions that have now been separated.

    – Pieter Geerkens
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  • 5





    Is there a certain quotation you are trying to interpret? Including it here would help.

    – Brian Z
    2 days ago






  • 3





    As already mentioned, the term was used in the business name of a Cornish tin mine. Pieter Geerkens has now explained the usage, but thank you!

    – Malcolm Norman
    2 days ago






  • 1





    I don't personally consider this off-topic here. I know ELU sometimes fields historical usage questions, but they are really much better with contemporary usage. However, I'll look into migration if its what the author wants. Is it?

    – T.E.D.
    2 days ago











  • @BrianZ odds are asker has been reading/watching Poldark.

    – AllInOne
    2 days ago











  • @AllInOne: Yes indeed. That is evident from inspecting the edit history back to the original pair of questions that have now been separated.

    – Pieter Geerkens
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Is there a certain quotation you are trying to interpret? Including it here would help.

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Is there a certain quotation you are trying to interpret? Including it here would help.

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As already mentioned, the term was used in the business name of a Cornish tin mine. Pieter Geerkens has now explained the usage, but thank you!

– Malcolm Norman
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As already mentioned, the term was used in the business name of a Cornish tin mine. Pieter Geerkens has now explained the usage, but thank you!

– Malcolm Norman
2 days ago




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– T.E.D.
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I don't personally consider this off-topic here. I know ELU sometimes fields historical usage questions, but they are really much better with contemporary usage. However, I'll look into migration if its what the author wants. Is it?

– T.E.D.
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@BrianZ odds are asker has been reading/watching Poldark.

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@BrianZ odds are asker has been reading/watching Poldark.

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@AllInOne: Yes indeed. That is evident from inspecting the edit history back to the original pair of questions that have now been separated.

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@AllInOne: Yes indeed. That is evident from inspecting the edit history back to the original pair of questions that have now been separated.

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Although marked as obsolete in the O.E.D. (1928), this oldest meaning for the word leisure is attested as late as 1640:



Leisure:



a. Freedom or opportunity to do something specified or implied



b. opportunity






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    Note that this anachronism still exists in modern English; albeit as a part of a commonly used expression "at your leisure". e.g. "You need to do the dishes at your leisure".

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The etymology of the word leisure traces it back to "license," permission to do something. In the context of a mine, it would mean permission to extract the ore.



Later, the connotation of the term changed to "take it easy," or permission to not do anything.The source opines that it may have developed in tandem with, or along the lines of, "pleasure," including becoming a rhyme (in British English).






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    Although marked as obsolete in the O.E.D. (1928), this oldest meaning for the word leisure is attested as late as 1640:



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    The etymology of the word leisure traces it back to "license," permission to do something. In the context of a mine, it would mean permission to extract the ore.



    Later, the connotation of the term changed to "take it easy," or permission to not do anything.The source opines that it may have developed in tandem with, or along the lines of, "pleasure," including becoming a rhyme (in British English).






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