The taking of this phenomenon's gate-money seemed to be almost a sinecure.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
The prompter's office, now that this piece had been running over four hundred nights, was practically a sinecure, so that there was no trouble about getting Lady Cunyngham installed in the little corner, whence, through a small aperture, she could regard the dusky-hued audience or turn her attention to the stage just as she pleased.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
It's what they call a sinecure," Alan was saying at the very instant the summons came.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine