单词 | cock-robin shop |
释义 | > as lemmascock-robin shop cock-robin shop n. Printing slang (now rare) a small printing office which undertakes job printing of miscellaneous work such as posters, leaflets, cards, etc.; esp. one which pays low wages and produces low-quality work. ΚΠ 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 23 Cock robin shop, a small printer's office, where low wages are paid to journeymen who have never served a regular apprenticeship. 1865 Belfast News-let. 23 Jan. With the exception of a few of what are termed ‘cock robin’ shops being on the increase, the jobbing offices are about the same in number that they were then. 1968 ILR Rev. 21 308/2 ‘Cock-robin shops,’ small, nonunion job shops. < as lemmas |
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