"In the Middle Ages it was no more difficult to persuade a man to leave his work, perhaps for conversation or a convivial drink, than it is today. The French of that period had a word for that. It was desbaucher, literally, to lure from one's place of work or from one's duty to a master."
- Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950), by Charles Earle Funk
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