bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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Love, which is the soul of art—Love, the bondslave of Beauty and the son of Poverty by Craft—led him to these triumphs.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington
He had once been a bondslave among Norsemen, and had known Olaf's father, King Triggvi, whom Olaf personally resembled.
From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert
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 Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
I could not have waited for him all my life here, toiling ignominiously like a bondslave.
From The King of the Dark Chamber by Tagore, Rabindranath
PHW #28 228 “O bondslave of the world! ... returned whence it came.”
From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh
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