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Meanings of
galley slave
in anglès
portuguès
peão
català
bracer
espanyol
peón
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A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
drudge
peon
navvy
català
bracer
rus
раб на галерах
espanyol
galeote
Back to the meaning
Historical profession.
Related terms
historical profession
rus
раб на галерах
Synonyms
Examples for "
drudge
"
drudge
peon
navvy
Examples for "
drudge
"
1
Many consider it
drudge
work beneath ladies & gentlemen of their stature.
2
The
drudge
had probably been affianced oftener than any woman in Bursley.
3
A poem on the miseries of a literary
drudge
begins thus promisingly:-
4
Today with rural electrification the mountain woman ceases to be a
drudge
.
5
They think only of the tasks of a
drudge
or a char-boy.
1
The
peon
girls consider it an honor to be ridden off with.
2
The
peon
also received internal injuries, but managed to reach the shore.
3
How they mean to dispose of them the
peon
does not know.
4
A month later my gang came roaring back from the
peon
camp.
5
Piute was eating his supper, and the
peon
had just come in.
1
The English
navvy
was found to be the first workman in the world.
2
You must not think that he is a
navvy
in fustian and corduroys.
3
The
navvy
had not stirred, for he had seen nobody enter.
4
They came from the
navvy
shelter, and Tom could hear plainly every word.
5
They were
navvy
's
boots, and worth in England about 15 shillings.
Usage of
galley slave
in anglès
1
I tell you what, it is the life of a
galley
slave
.
2
A
galley
slave
,
for instance, has the privilege of stealing with impunity.
3
With brutal insult, they chained him to the oar as a
galley
slave
.
4
I wasn't planning to be turned into a
galley
slave
during hot weather.
5
Is it to toil like a
galley
slave
and never have any amusements?
6
Your typical
galley
slave
was a deserter, smuggler, or criminal, hence young and tough.
7
The
galley
slave
led a life of luxurious ease compared with John Burkett Ryder.
8
Here, at thirty, the unlucky adventurer sat down to toil like a
galley
slave
.
9
Jack was irritated to be pitied by a
galley
slave
.
10
I looked more like a
galley
slave
than a boxer.
11
Sweating like a
galley
slave
,
he sank to the carpet in front of the fire.
12
This man is a criminal and a
galley
slave
,
with yellow passport-hisname, Jean Valjean.
13
And you, you brought me here to do this wickedness, you dog, you
galley
slave
!
14
The service of the Western Trading Company now galled Randall Clayton like the
galley
slave
's
chain.
15
A
galley
slave
got up and went to Tirant, and with a great effort he said:
16
I will not even be their
galley
slave
.
Other examples for "galley slave"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
galley
slave
galley
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
galley slave
portuguès
peão
català
bracer
peó
espanyol
peón
galeote
rus
раб на галерах
Galley slave
through the time
Galley slave
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common