Example Sentences

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They cannot take a step without becoming bondwomen: into what a slavery!

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

This second class of servants were called bondmen and bondwomen.

From Woman: Man's Equal by Webster, Thomas

Having heard the verdict of the doctor, Ali returned in hot haste and silenced both the bondwomen: "The Imam is a villain, and the Chacham is a thief."

From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir

In the Douay it is, 'If a man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.'

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles

We are sold for bondmen and bondwomen, and lie as hostages in taverns with no one to redeem us.

From The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Thomas, Ernest Chester