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Meanings of
peon
in English
Portuguese
peão
Catalan
bracer
Spanish
peón
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A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
drudge
navvy
galley slave
Portuguese
peão
Russian
пеонаж
Catalan
peon
Spanish
peonaje
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Social category.
Related terms
social class
Russian
пеонаж
Synonyms
Examples for "
drudge
"
drudge
navvy
galley slave
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 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.
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?
Usage of
peon
in English
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.
6
Walt is still ignorant of the
peon
's
partiality for his own sweetheart.
7
There, as expected, he finds his companion, with the
peon
a captive.
8
The
peon
obeyed the order, and in five minutes they reached the gate.
9
A
peon
voice sounded in the darkness close to his ear:
10
The experience of a Georgia
peon
seems to me very doubtful.
11
The Mexican
peon
has been regarded as mere fuel for the foreign money-makers.
12
A man was coming in, a Mexican of the
peon
class.
13
Father Pedro, listening like an idle
peon
to the confidences of two lovers.
14
Back of him and to one side was a
peon
with a cape.
15
You cannot know the Spanish
blood
-
the
peon
bandit's hate and cruelty.
16
Then my
peon
died, and I had to shift for myself.
Other examples for "peon"
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peon
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mexican peon
poor peon
find a peon
frightened peon
old peon
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Translations for
peon
Portuguese
peão
Catalan
bracer
peó
peon
Spanish
peón
peonaje
Russian
пеонаж
Peon
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Peon
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