Definition of Slaveys

1. Noun. (plural of slavey) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slaveys

1. slavey [n] - See also: slavey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaveys

slaveowner
slaveowners
slavered
slaverer
slaverers
slaveries
slavering
slaveringly
slavers
slavery
slaves
slaves away
slaves to fashion
slavey
slaveys (current term)
slavies
slavikite
slaving
slaving away
slavish
slavishly
slavishness
slavishnesses
slavocracies
slavocracy
slavocrat
slavocrats
slaw
slaws

Literary usage of Slaveys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Toilers in London: Or, Inquiries Concerning Female Labour in the Metropolis by "British weekly" Commissioners, British Weekly Commissioners (1889)
"How many of these domestics are " slaveys " it is impossible to say. ... Of course we are speaking here of metropolitan slaveys, those, for instance, ..."

2. Life in London: Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and by Pierce Egan, Robert Cruikshank, George Cruikshank (1904)
"The slaveys are all well paid, besides their expenses up and down to Bath. ... But modest slaveys are so scarce an article," said FANNY, laughing outright, ..."

3. Life in London: Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and by Pierce Egan, Robert Cruikshank, George Cruikshank (1904)
"The slaveys are all well paid, besides their expenses up and down to Bath. ... But modest slaveys are so scarce an article," said FANNY, laughing outright, ..."

4. Handley Cross by Robert Smith Surtees (1903)
""We've only your word for that," replied Benjamin, " he don't look like a werry pood 'un by the way he rigs you out. 'Ow many slaveys does he keep ? ..."

5. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"We've only your word for that,' replied Benjamin ; ' he don't look like a werry good 'un by me way he rigs you out. 'Ow many slaveys does he keep? ..."

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