peon

Example Sentences

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As I said, though, those first few nights, it was clear my peon sack would not be multiplied.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Bheg was responsible for a small detachment of soldiers, and had a gruelling routine, guarding the camp, carrying letters and working as a peon for higher officials of the regiment.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2018

You don’t want to make them feel like a peon just because you’re having lunch.”

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2017

HubSpot is more like 'Office Space' humor. I was very much a peon and a helper at the periphery of that writing room.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2016

“A peon? Didn’t you see The Magnificent Seven? Peons was them folks what was so poor that the rich folks would just as soon pee on them as anything else.”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis