• Galley-slave

    Full definition of galley-slave

    Noun

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      • 1801, Jonathan Swift, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift Chapter s:en:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 16/An Account of a Pestilent Neighbour, He makes his prentice his galley-slave. I wish our lane were purged of him.
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