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Definition of Out of work
1. Adjective. Not having a job. "Many people in the area were out of work"
Definition of Out of work
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) unemployed, or having nothing to do ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Out Of Work
Literary usage of Out of work
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1908)
"The out-of-work benefit, of prime importance among English trade unions, ...
In 1905 the amount expended for out-of-work benefits could not well have ..."
2. Principles of Labor Legislation by John Rogers Commons, John Bertram Andrews (1920)
"In the United States, on the contrary, only a few unions are known to pay
out-of-work benefits. Of the 11 1 national organizations affiliated with the ..."
3. Unemployment: A Problem of Industry by William Henry Beveridge Beveridge (1912)
"Men out of work on any one day only that day-s sample of labour reserve.
Confirmation by experience of Distress Committees. The typical applicant is not a ..."
4. Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by James Boyd Kennedy (1908)
"The out-of-work benefit, of prime importance among English trade unions, ...
In 1905 the amount expended for out-of-work benefits could not well have ..."
5. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"... every one out of work and nothing but and states that for three weeks they
have 5 beggars and distress on all sides. Coal is had only potatoes to eat. ..."
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