peon

Example Sentences

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You, the peon in this unequal relationship, are the one who’s supposed to make the pilgrimage to pay your respects to the king.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022

It is kind of incredible that Sony has chosen to close the PlayStation 4 era with such a colossally expensive and tragically beautiful peon to nihilism, terror and, most shockingly of all, forgiveness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2020

“It must be done. It is the only measure that will really abolish slavery. It is the only guarantee against peon laws and against oppression.”

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2020

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

“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