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Definition of Sweatshop
1. Noun. Factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry.
Definition of Sweatshop
1. Noun. a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sweatshop
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweatshop
Literary usage of Sweatshop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves by Hamilton Holt (1906)
"CHAPTER II THE LIFE STORY OF A POLISH sweatshop GIRL Sadie ... Brownsville is
the Jewish sweatshop district of Brooklyn, NY MY mother was a tall, handsome, ..."
2. The Tuberculosis Nurse, Her Function and Her Qualifications: A Handbook for by Ellen Newbold La Motte (1915)
"... and sweatshop Work—Pood—Mflk and Cream—Lanci Rooms and Eating Houses—Laundry
Work—Boarding- and Lodging-Houses— ..."
3. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 by Jewish Community of New York City, Samuel Margoshes (1918)
"The Jewish sweatshop worker would have no appreciation of Maupassant or Gorki if
he had not previously been trained by Libin, Kobrin, Gordin, Gorin, ..."
4. Behind the Label: "Made in China" by Charles Kernaghan (1998)
"THE REAL SANTA'S ELVES- sweatshop TOYS Anyone who shopped for toys this last
holiday season knows that most toys are made offshore. ..."
5. Rebels: Into Anarchy--and Out Again by Marie Ganz, Nat Joseph Ferber (1920)
"... CHAPTER III THE sweatshop THROUGH the seven days of shiva my mother sat in
mourning on a low, wooden box, her feet clad only in stockings. ..."
6. Rebels: Into Anarchy--and Out Again by Marie Ganz, Nat Joseph Ferber (1920)
"... CHAPTER III THE sweatshop THROUGH the seven days of shiva my mother sat in
mourning on a low, wooden box, her feet clad only in stockings. ..."
7. The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves by Hamilton Holt (1906)
"CHAPTER II THE LIFE STORY OF A POLISH sweatshop GIRL Sadie ... Brownsville is
the Jewish sweatshop district of Brooklyn, NY MY mother was a tall, handsome, ..."
8. The Tuberculosis Nurse, Her Function and Her Qualifications: A Handbook for by Ellen Newbold La Motte (1915)
"... and sweatshop Work—Pood—Mflk and Cream—Lanci Rooms and Eating Houses—Laundry
Work—Boarding- and Lodging-Houses— ..."
9. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 by Jewish Community of New York City, Samuel Margoshes (1918)
"The Jewish sweatshop worker would have no appreciation of Maupassant or Gorki if
he had not previously been trained by Libin, Kobrin, Gordin, Gorin, ..."
10. Behind the Label: "Made in China" by Charles Kernaghan (1998)
"THE REAL SANTA'S ELVES- sweatshop TOYS Anyone who shopped for toys this last
holiday season knows that most toys are made offshore. ..."
11. Rebels: Into Anarchy--and Out Again by Marie Ganz, Nat Joseph Ferber (1920)
"... CHAPTER III THE sweatshop THROUGH the seven days of shiva my mother sat in
mourning on a low, wooden box, her feet clad only in stockings. ..."
12. Rebels: Into Anarchy--and Out Again by Marie Ganz, Nat Joseph Ferber (1920)
"... CHAPTER III THE sweatshop THROUGH the seven days of shiva my mother sat in
mourning on a low, wooden box, her feet clad only in stockings. ..."
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