Noun : a slave to a drug. ,a housekeeping slave. From Dictionary.com.
There was something about her body, which seemed lusciously slavelike. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
Well, Bernado, we wouldn't want anyone to have to work in slavelike conditions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2003] Reference
Europeans and others around the world are contemptuous of America's slavelike obedience to a small foreign power. From Wordnik.com. [Sleep Soundly] Reference
Because of the U.S. market, Dominican sugar was booming at this time, but workers were forced to live in slavelike conditions. From Wordnik.com. [c. The Dominican Republic] Reference
In all then, since she wore cloth and not leather, and less than the southern slave, her appearance, if anything, was even more slavelike than hers. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
The region had been quiet up to that point, largely because the rural peasantry had been devastated by the Caste War of the 1840s and was living in such restrictive, slavelike conditions that organization was nearly impossible. From Wordnik.com. [1915, Jan. 27] Reference
According to them, the choices are between a free-enterprise system of health care, or slavelike submission to a state-controlled system that will drag down the quality of care and eliminate all personal decisions and human dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Larner: Michael Moore and National Health Care: Lies of the Left and the Right] Reference
She would go and fawn upon him slavelike -- for this would have to be her attitude, of course -- and maybe she would find that time had modified him, and that he would be glad to see his long-forgotten old nurse and treat her gently. From Wordnik.com. [Pudd'nhead Wilson] Reference
The Huffington Post may be carrying a piece with a different emphasis which is perfectly fine, but this one is about the slavelike devotion of the corporate media to the storylines being spun by right wing operative Drudge on his site. From Wordnik.com. [But Did Elizabeth Edwards Really Accuse Hillary Of "Behaving Like A Man"?] Reference
In defense of his order to nationalize, the government cited the positive role of the steel workers in opposing the coup, the ‘slavelike’ work conditions and the export strategies, which denied the domestic construction industry the steel it needed for highpriority homebuilding. From Wordnik.com. [Pelosi's First Primary Opponent Since She's Been An Incumbent is Number One On Act Blue... and a Lesbian.] Reference
Instead, they're often held in slavelike conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union] Reference
The slaves were no longer punished, and, slavelike, they presumed upon their master's gentleness or indifference. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion's Brood] Reference
"education, not criminalization" and that the welfare reform laws, which drive women into poverty and slavelike working conditions, be repealed. From Wordnik.com. [Workers World news online] Reference
They are guided by their slavelike mentality. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2004] Reference
But I would station myself and my attendants where he might pass, if only to catch a glimpse of him between the curtains of my palanquin. â âIn effect, â I said, âyour responses were still shy, and slavelike. â âYes, â she said, angrily. âYou felt you belonged at the feet of such a man? â âPerhaps, â she said. âBut you truly belonged at the feet of any man, â I said. âYes, Master, â she said. âContinue, â I said. âCertainly he must soon note my palanquin, â she said. âSurely it was often enough in his way, outside the great theater, on streets which he frequented, even in certain markets. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
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