Collocations for "slave"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slave" in context.
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slave
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [master's, lord's, knight's] slave
- slaves in [Africa, the Deep South]
- the [emancipation, freeing] of slaves
- bring slaves (over) from
- the [children, workers, prisoners] are treated like slaves
- felt I was being treated like a slave
- feel like I'm working as a slave
- feel like a slave with this [pay, job, salary]
- [brought, imported] to work as slaves
- working on a slave's wage
- [noblemen, lords, aristocrats] used to [sell, buy] slaves
- forced to work as a sex slave
- is a slave to [money, drugs, alcohol, fast cars]
- slave away at [homework, home, the dishes]
- slave away all [day, night, your life]
- slave over the [stove, barbecue, dinner]
- slave in the [kitchen, office, warehouse]
- she was slaved to [landowners, the rich]
- the [abolishment, outlawing] of slave labor
- made money in the slave trade
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