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slavey

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slav·ey  (slv)
n. pl. slav·eys
A household servant, especially an overworked one.
slavey [ˈsleɪvɪ]
n
Brit informal a female general servant
[from slave + -y2]
Slavey [ˈsleɪvɪ]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada
[from Athapascan]
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Noun1.slavey - a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
skivvy
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
Translations
slavey [ˈsleɪvɪ] N → fregona f
slavey
n (dated Brit inf) → (Dienst)mädchen nt
slavey [sleɪvɪ] n (old) (fam) → serva
slavey [sleɪvɪ] n (old) (fam) → serva


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One might as well inquire of a lodging-house slavey the way to make beds as expect a country bumpkin to know the road to the next village.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
He might have been up stuffing himself with eggs and bacon, irritating the dog, or flirting with the slavey, instead of sprawling there, sunk in soul-clogging oblivion.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Jackson, 'and hearing that you were here, from the slavey, took a coach and came on.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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