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lifemanship

[lahyf-muhn-ship]

life·man·ship

[lahyf-muhn-ship]
noun
1.
the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
2.
the skill or practice of conveying to others a real or apparent sense of one's superiority.

Origin:
1945–50; life + -manship; popularized, especially in sense of def. 2, by the book Some Notes on Lifemanship (1950) by British author Stephen Potter (1900–69)
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Lifemanship is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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