bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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She told me that she had been the bondslave, I think, for four or five years, of a certain besetting sin, and her first letter was the very utterance of despair.
From Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 by Booth, Catherine Mumford
Every spark of Terran life has become victim and bondslave of the incredible mechanisms.
From The Demi-Urge by Disch, Thomas Michael
O glorious strength Put to the labour of a Beast, debas't Lower then bondslave!
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
He had once been a bondslave among Norsemen, and had known Olaf's father, King Triggvi, whom Olaf personally resembled.
From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert
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
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