See Also: victorin(dictionary)
Daumier, Honore (-Victorin)(encyclopedia)
journey(dictionary)
journey-work(dictionary)
journey 1, noun(dictionary)
journey 2, verb(dictionary)

journey-work (iou) and victorin (iou)


journey-work (iou)



journey-work noun. E17.
[formed as JOURNEYMAN + WORK noun.]
Work done for daily wages or for hire; the work of a journeyman. E17.
Work delegated to a subordinate or done for hire; servile, inferior, or inefficient work. Usu. derog. E17.
A. C. Swinburne The swift impatient journey-work of a rough and ready hand.

victorin (iou)



victorin noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin victoriae (see below), from Victoria variety of oats susceptible to the fungus: see -IN1.]
Biochemistry. A toxin produced by the fungus Helminthosporium victoriae, the causative agent of a blight affecting some varieties of oats.