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slavey colloq.|ˈsleɪvɪ|
[f. slave n.1 (and a.) + -y.]
1. A male servant or attendant.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Slavey, a servant of either sex. 1852Smedley L. Arundel xii. 91 The slaveys [= waiters] will swallow that or anything else for Persian. 1855Thackeray Newcomes xi, The slavey has Mr. Frederick's hot water, and a bottle of soda water on the same tray. He has been instructed [etc.]. 1901M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xvii. 141 Harold Beecham kept a snivelling little Queensland black boy as a sort of black-your-boots, odd-jobs slavey or factotum. 1967Atlantic Monthly Apr. 103/2 All his years a loyal slavey he had worked his heart out for peanuts.
2. A female domestic servant, esp. one who is hard-worked; a maid of all work.
1821Egan Life in London 174 ‘He is only fond of the Slaveys!’ (Note. A slang term for servant maids.) 1837T. Hook J. Brag i, Four guineas per annum, and a tip to the slavey. 1893Vizetelly Glances back I. xiii. 249 A young lodging-house slavey..bade me follow her upstairs. |