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slaves away
verb
Third person singular of slave away
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While the landlady slaves away in the kitchen, the landlord may well give the guests the benefits of his views on the finer points of politics and economics.
Witness the eighteenth-century watercolor portraying Krishna in childhood, sneaking a handful of butter as his mother slaves away at the churn.
And it was a straight shot from the slave quarters, short enough for a funeral procession that wouldn't take slaves away from their work for too long.
(The title is the closest thing to wit in the movie.) He slaves away at scripts despite the protestations of Frank.
It suggests an infuriating scenario in which the average American slaves away to keep Wells Fargo or Bank of America off his back, while fat cats and high fliers cut their losses and sail off to the next investment opportunity.
The father's original stall is now run by a daughter, but the best food is served across the road by his son, Stanley, who slaves away for 10 hours a day.
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I'm done slaving away.
THE party machinery slaved away in state after state.
Some poor hubby or daddy is back home slaving away.
Slaving away in a mine, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) gets cross and bites a Roman on the ankle.
It makes it seem like thirty years of slaving away might have been worth it".
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