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It's called "indentured servitude". You get paid a lump sum up-front, then work for nothing for some number of years. In Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penz
by denton-scratch 4y ago
It's called "indentured servitude". You get paid a lump sum up-front, then work for nothing for some number of years.
In Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, Frederick is indentured to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday.
- addingnumbers 4y ago> In Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, Frederick is indentured to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday. That particular wording coming back around to bite him when it's pointed out that he was born on February 29th in a leap year...