bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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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)
I did this deliberately, having found out by hard experience that money was the bondslave of lust, and rank the breastplate of inanity.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Every spark of Terran life has become victim and bondslave of the incredible mechanisms.
From The Demi-Urge by Disch, Thomas Michael
You are his bondslave, but not I by Pan!
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
That is not all: you actually avail yourself of a disgraceful trick to entrap this unfortunate girl into an agreement, whereby she becomes a literary bondslave for five years!
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Haggard, Henry Rider
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