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See: AT LEISURE or AT ONE'S LEISURE.

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at leisure

[at leisure] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. Not at work; not busy; with free time; at rest. * /Come and visit us some evening when you're at leisure./ 2. or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at one's leisure

[at one's leisure] See: [AT LEISURE] (2). A Dictionary of American Idioms

Oliver Herford

(1863-1935) U.S. poet Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. www.english-slang.com

James Branch Cabell

(1879-1958) U.S. fantasy novelist I shall marry in haste, and repeat at leisure. www.english-slang.com

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