A job in the public service, especially one which is well paid and undemanding.
once he gets a government billet there's little chance of getting rid of him
Example sentencesExamples
- He just sold himself for a government billet, like many an honest man before and since.
- I will look out for a government billet, which will provide for me for life.
- Fred soon got into a government billet, and one that promised to suit him admirably.
- Deafness stood in the way of a possible government billet.
- He hoped to get some government billet—the grand object of all colonial sea captains of that epoch.