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Definition of Foreladies
1. forelady [n] - See also: forelady
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreladies
Literary usage of Foreladies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of National Convention by National Paper Box Manufacturers' Association (1919)
"foreladies are given stamps according to the production of their department. ...
Foremen and foreladies of each department are instructed to see that all ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1918)
"You tell me to go up there to the girls' dressing room, shove open the door and
walk in is a part of his duty, when he has foreladies to stop it? ..."
3. The Clothing Workers of Chicago, 1910-1922 by Leo Wolman, Paul Wander, H. K. Herwitz, Eleanor Mack, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Chicago Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Research Dept (1922)
"Bonuses would be given to foremen or foreladies for increasing the productivity
of their shop, while if they did not get better results they would lose ..."
4. Minutes of Evidence by Canada Royal Commission on Civil Service, Royal Commission on Civil Service, Canada, J. W. Nelligan (1908)
"A. Yes. Q. Is there any girl paid more than $5.50 a week?—A. I think some in the
bindery are paid $6. The foreladies receive more. ..."
5. The Working Force: The Second Work Manual of the Modern Foremanship Course by Hugo Diemer (1921)
"Even the foremen and foreladies were surprised and could not account for it.
Finally the management looked into the matter and found that while the employes ..."
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