do duty as
Example Sentences
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Having reached Safeway with no fatalities, Stassin and I ordered our respective Loomos to trail us, so that they could do duty as shopping carts.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
Now, I am willing to do duty as supercargo, even without pay, but I won't lend a hand in any transaction that I don't like the look of.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf
I left the little rest-hut in the morning, resigned to the inevitable jolting, and expecting another promiscuous collection of humanity to do duty as kahars.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
He is on board now, and may be appointed to do duty as first lieutenant,” remarked Ben.
From The Rival Crusoes by Kingston, William Henry Giles
We can't fetch bricks from the other end, and I draw the line at timber to do duty as bricks.
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by Newman, John Henry
