galley-slave

English

Noun

galley-slave (plural galley-slaves)

Alternative form of galley slave
- 1801, Jonathan Swift, “An Account of a Pestilent Neighbour”, in The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, volume 16:
  He makes his prentice his galley-slave. I wish our lane were purged of him.

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