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  • noun Plural form of eyeservant.

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Examples

  • You that live in town are eyeservants behind your master's back.

    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl aka Brent Linda 1861

  • You that live in town are eyeservants behind your master's back.

    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Harriet Ann Jacobs 1855

  • A few days after the return of Armenteros he saw humility and flattery disappear from the few faces which had till then servilely smiled upon him; the last small crowd of base flatterers and eyeservants vanished from around his person; his threshold was forsaken; he perceived that the fructifying warmth of royal favor had left him.

    The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • A few days after the return of Armenteros he saw humility and flattery disappear from the few faces which had till then servilely smiled upon him; the last small crowd of base flatterers and eyeservants vanished from around his person; his threshold was forsaken; he perceived that the fructifying warmth of royal favor had left him.

    History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • A few days after the return of Armenteros he saw humility and flattery disappear from the few faces which had till then servilely smiled upon him; the last small crowd of base flatterers and eyeservants vanished from around his person; his threshold was forsaken; he perceived that the fructifying warmth of royal favor had left him.

    History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

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