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bondman

[bond-muhn] / ˈbɒnd mən /




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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

It allowed the bondman a large amount of leisure, or time which he need not devote to his master's service; 2.

From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin

Instead it involved and assured for every bondman a full emancipation, and for every freeman full title forever to every unalienable right.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee

The scriptural Joseph had been sold as a bondman into Egypt; this little Joseph seemed to have been brought into the world to be a slave.

From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Even against his lord the bondman had some standing ground for a civil action.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

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

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

Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.

From Time Magazine Archive

“And you and I are destined for transportation beyond the Bashee River, where we shall become the bondmen of the great chief Umbodhla—my friend’s father,” continued Frank.

From The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa by J. Percy-Groves




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