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galley slave
noun
- a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley.
- a drudge.
galley slave
noun
- a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley
- informal.a drudge
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galley slave1
First recorded in 1560–70
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Example Sentences
Do not drudge like a galley-slave, nor do business in a laborious manner, as if you wish to be pitied or wondered at.
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I am sure, no galley-slave ever took to his oar with more reluctance than poor Frazer.
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Surely he would have then concluded me as constant at the bordello, as the galley-slave at his oar.
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Six months back home, toiling like a galley slave, furnished requisite funds for another fling at New York.
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The galley slave led a life of luxurious ease compared with John Burkett Ryder.
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