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Verb: slave away
  1. Work doggedly or persistently
    - plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, grind away
     
  2. Work hard on something
    - beaver [informal], beaver away [informal], grind away

Derived forms: slaved away, slaves away, slaving away

Type of: work

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slaty-gray
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slaughter
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slaughterhouse
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slave
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slave away
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slave driver
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slave market
slave owner
slave ship
slave state
slave trade
slave trader