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Meanings of slaving away in English

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Usage of slaving away in English
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Exactly why was I slaving away at a sewing machine all day?
For the love of mike
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Maybe those two women are still around, slaving away in Lottie's studio.
Latte trouble
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No slaving away over hot ovens getting that turkey just perfect.
The South African
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She was scrubbing floors and slaving away to pay for food and lodging.
The Guardian
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The jerky, robotlike workers slaving away belowground like zombies twelve hours a day.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
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Those hours you've already spent slaving away in the digital mines?
Wired
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I'm slaving away here, and I have no idea what anyone else is doing.
Nano
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Otherwise he would still be there, slaving away for little more than his keep.
Quest for honour
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She worked hard that night, slaving away with her own hands like a common soldier.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2
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I can't remember when everybody round weren't slaving away and no good coming of it.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
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I'd be ashamed every time I thought of you slaving away in here in my place.
The Faith of Men
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They are found all slaving away for him dimly down in the dark while he sleeps.
Crowds / A Moving-Picture of Democracy
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I could pursue my own projects in the Fishery rather than slaving away at deck lamps.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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Hard to believe someone would be up at this time of night slaving away in the business center.
Hula Done It?
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Here I am slaving away for fourteen a week and he spends three hundred just for his rooms.
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
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But instead, she was apparently slaving away in the kitchen at Admiralty House in Kirribilli baking banana bread.
News.com.au
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