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taskables

taskables is the plural of taskable.

Meaning of taskable

Noun

taskable (plural taskables)

  1. (US, historical, obsolete) On a plantation exploiting an enslaved labour force, a person considered to be capable of performing labour, especially field labour.
    • Those [slaves] actually in the field were 44 taskables, while the remaining 13½ were employed as cart drivers, nurses, cooks for the negroes, carpenters, gardeners, house servants and stock minders […].1829, Basil Hall, chapter 18, in Travels in North America, volume 2, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, page 229
    Synonyms:
    taskable hand, working slave

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Questions about taskables

What is taskables the plural of?
Taskables is the plural of taskable.

Words near taskables in the dictionary

  1. task-positive
  2. task-specific
  3. task-work
  4. task-works
  5. taskable
  6. taskables
  7. taskage
  8. taskbar
  9. taskbars
  10. taskboard
  11. taskboards

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