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Definition of Slavey
1. Noun. A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Domestic, Domestic Help, House Servant
Definition of Slavey
1. n. A maidservant.
Definition of Slavey
1. Proper noun. An Athabascan people of western Canada ¹
2. Proper noun. The Slavey language ¹
3. Noun. (colloquial) A maid, maidservant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slavey
1. a female servant [n -EYS] - See also: servant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slavey
Literary usage of Slavey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1887)
"Here the slavey has worry as well as work. The lodgers badger and order about
the mistress, and she passes it on to her drudge with interest. ..."
2. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"Some of the people on this street are even so well-to-do as to keep a 'slavey.
... and to the door came the ' slavey.' Now, mark you, her position in life ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... 'A Modern Don Quixote' (1893), •The I-ady slavey' (1893), 'The Gay
Parisienne ' (1894), ' Buttercup and Daisy'(1885), •bird Tom Noddy' (1896), ..."
4. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1902)
"Legends of the slavey Indians of the Mackenzie River. By Robert Bell. (Journal
of American Folk-Lore, Vol. xiv, pp. 26-29.) Notes on the Designation Atna. ..."
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