slavey

Definition

A male servant.

Etymology

From slave + -y.

Example Sentences

• "I told a man on the links yesterday that I'd been a slavey for nine months. I was trying to explain why I was a suffragette […]"
• ""Doing? Not a Dam' thing. I mean, I was sitting on the bed lighting a cigarette. We'd just come upstairs. Everything was all right; old Peabody in Sydney and the slavey given a night off to go to the pictures.""
• ""The short-haired slavey who had opened the door now put in an appearance as waiter.""