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Definition of Slaveys
1. slavey [n] - See also: slavey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaveys
Literary usage of Slaveys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toilers in London: Or, Inquiries Concerning Female Labour in the Metropolis by "British weekly" Commissioners, British Weekly Commissioners (1889)
"How many of these domestics are " slaveys " it is impossible to say. ... Of course
we are speaking here of metropolitan slaveys, those, for instance, ..."
2. Life in London: Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and by Pierce Egan, Robert Cruikshank, George Cruikshank (1904)
"The slaveys are all well paid, besides their expenses up and down to Bath. ...
But modest slaveys are so scarce an article," said FANNY, laughing outright, ..."
3. Life in London: Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and by Pierce Egan, Robert Cruikshank, George Cruikshank (1904)
"The slaveys are all well paid, besides their expenses up and down to Bath. ...
But modest slaveys are so scarce an article," said FANNY, laughing outright, ..."
4. Handley Cross by Robert Smith Surtees (1903)
""We've only your word for that," replied Benjamin, " he don't look like a werry
pood 'un by the way he rigs you out. 'Ow many slaveys does he keep ? ..."
5. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"We've only your word for that,' replied Benjamin ; ' he don't look like a werry
good 'un by me way he rigs you out. 'Ow many slaveys does he keep? ..."
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