Gibeoniten.
/ˈɡɪbɪənʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɡɪbiənaɪt/ One of the inhabitants of Gibeon who were condemned by Joshua to be ‘hewers of wood and drawers of water’ for the Israelites (Joshua ix. 27). Hence, a menial, a drudge.
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drivelc1225
meniala1387
druggarc1500
drudgea1513
kitchen wencha1556
coal carrier1567
droy1570
packhorse?1577
droil1579
blue coat1583
sumpter1587
mill-horse1602
subsizar1602
jackal1649
mediastine1658
slut1664
hack1699
scrub1709
Gibeonite1798
the lion's provider1808
slush1825
Slave of the Lampc1840
runabout1893
lobby-gow1906
squidge1907
dogsbody1922
legman1939
shit-kicker1950
1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 223 A Gibeonite, that serves them all by turns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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