bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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O glorious strength Put to the labour of a Beast, debas't Lower then bondslave!
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
John Mackenzie, 2 schoolmaster, had been a bondslave of books in that country for four obscure, well-nigh profitless years, and he was done with them for a while.
From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory
You are his bondslave, but not I by Pan!
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
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 Rosa Mary Redding Mikels
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 Henry Rider Haggard
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