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D. Spencer Hines - 01 Jan 2004 21:47 GMT

Could someone with an OED handy please quote the first three recorded
uses of the term _WAGE SLAVE_ to us?

Thank You.

D. Spencer Hines

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

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Mike Lyle - 02 Jan 2004 11:17 GMT

> Could someone with an OED handy please quote the first three recorded
> uses of the term _WAGE SLAVE_ to us?

Later editions may go deeper, but OED1 has only:

1886 Mallock *Old Order Changes II 29 ...the poor jaded underfed
wage-slaves.

1903 *Dublin Review* Oct. 243 The attitude taken up by the Pope...in
regard to wage-slavery.

Mike.

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CyberCypher - 02 Jan 2004 13:27 GMT

mike_lyle_uk@yahoo.co.uk (Mike Lyle) wrote on 02 Jan 2004:

>> Could someone with an OED handy please quote the first three
>> recorded uses of the term _WAGE SLAVE_ to us?
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> 1903 *Dublin Review* Oct. 243 The attitude taken up by the
> Pope...in regard to wage-slavery.

The OED2-CDv3 adds:

1886 D. Donohue Let. 21 Oct. in N.Y. Times 24 Oct. 1/5 It is therefore
but natural that we should vote for a man who proposes to use his best
endeavors to bring about legislation by which *wage slavery and land
monopoly shall be abolished.

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D. Spencer Hines - 02 Jan 2004 14:31 GMT

Can anyone tell us the date and source for first usage of this term,
_WAGE SLAVE_, from the OED?

D. Spencer Hines

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004

_Wage Slave_