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galley slave

noun

Definitions

  1. A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship).

  2. A typesetter (person who arranged type in a galley for printing).

    • The "galley slaves" in those days were the genuine article, and by the "chains that bound them" were no doubt the original members of the union.

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