bondman
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No, my pretty one, I have never been a bondman; and, what is more, I never shall.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
He had gone to London before the party at Pendarrel, to consult Mr. Truby, and to see his bondman, Everope.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson
In each case, “whatsoever one may do that is good, this he will receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman or a freeman.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
A fire was indeed coming—was already kindled—which was to set the bondman free: and God was in the fire.
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
Now, being over twenty-one I was my own bondman, and the bank couldn't collect from anybody but me—or the guarantee company.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen
In Canada, the bail system is largely predicated on community trust and connections and does not involve large cash deposits and commercial bail bondmen, as it does in many U.S. states.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
As was too often the case, a handful of nervous bondmen informed their masters of what was afoot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2015
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the busiest underwriting week since 1929, bondmen offered $378 million of corporate and municipal bonds to an easy-money market that gulped the flotations and bid for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
For as yet, artisans, wheelwrights, potters, armourers, and goldsmiths were most of them bondmen; as the number of markets and cities were small, their influence in the country was still unimportant.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
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