Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— an activity in which one engages
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Macmillan
— a job. This word is used especially on forms and in formal writing
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Other Word Forms
occupations
Usage
1 use of ‘occupation’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle