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Meaning of stroke of business | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

(of business or trade) a large or considerable amount

archaic, idiomatic

Examples

“"How my father came to hear⟳ of this little stroke of business I never knew, but some little bird or other whistled it to him, and he was very soon down upon me in right earnest."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

stroke of fortune stroke of genius stroke of luck stroke of work stroke order stroke play

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