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Nov 28, 2009
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slav•er•y



Pronunciation: (slā'vu-rē, slāv'rē), [key]
—n.
1. the condition of a slave; bondage.
2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution.
3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs.
4. severe toil; drudgery.

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