bondslave

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John Mackenzie, 2 schoolmaster, had been a bondslave of books in that country for four obscure, well-nigh profitless years, and he was done with them for a while.

From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)

Do but say his horse stales with a good presence, and he's your bondslave.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

PHW #28 228 “O bondslave of the world! ... returned whence it came.”

From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh

Yet she said with great composure: "My lord and husband does not reprove even a bondslave without a hearing, how much less then, his wedded wife?"

From Undine by Bunnett, Fanny Elizabeth

He had once been a bondslave among Norsemen, and had known Olaf's father, King Triggvi, whom Olaf personally resembled.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert