galley : Idioms & Phrases

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galley proof

  • noun a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages
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Galley slave

  • noun a slave condemned to row in a galley
  • noun a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
    peon; navvy; drudge.
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  • a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. "To toil like a galley slave." Macaulay.
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Galley slice

  • (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. Knight.
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galley-bird

Gal"ley-bird` noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker. Prov. Eng.
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galley-worm

Gal"ley-worm` noun
Etymology
Prob. so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha.
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ship's galley

  • noun the area for food preparation on a ship
    cookhouse; galley; caboose.
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