bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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Semifonte had been told of his bondslave, and Palamone's hour of triumph was at hand.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Hitherto I have been driven with revolt to what I would not; I was a bondslave to poverty, driven and scourged.
From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding
Every spark of Terran life has become victim and bondslave of the incredible mechanisms.
From The Demi-Urge by Disch, Thomas Michael
He who had chosen the broad, daylit, unencumbered paths of universal scepticism, found himself still the bondslave of honour.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Whatever happened to me in the future, whether or no I was to labour as her bondslave for all my days, for that one moment I was her master.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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