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Slave driver   /sleɪv drˈaɪvər/   Listen
Slave driver

noun
1.
A cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees.  Synonym: Simon Legree.
2.
A supervisor of slaves at work.





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"Slave driver" Quotes from Famous Books



... pull yourself together. Tell me what you know—tell me this instant! Well? Sit there in that chair. Now!" She pressed the shoulders she still held with the gesture of an Arab slave driver. "Now, quick! Who is she? What do you ...
— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice
... cheerful enough. And just to prove I ain't any slave driver I sort of eggs Miss Casey on, from then until the noon hour, to chat away about this war romance of hers. Seems Mr. Mears could have been in Class B, on account of his widowed mother and him being a plumber's helper when he had time to spare from his pool practicin'. Livin' in ...
— Torchy and Vee • Sewell Ford


Words linked to "Slave driver" :   employer, taskmaster, Simon Legree


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