单词 | early closing society |
释义 | > as lemmasearly closing society C1. attributive. Designating a movement in favour of curtailing the daily working hours in wholesale and retail trades, as early-closing movement, early closing society, etc. ΚΠ 1845 Morning Chron. 1 Jan. 6/3 The progress of the ‘early closing’ movement was detailed, and the evils resulting from the present protracted hours of business in shops were forcibly depicted. 1849 Hogg's Weekly Instructor New Ser. 3 24/2 The Metropolitan Early Closing Society. 1851 Househ. Words 1 Nov. 126/2 That early-closing movement which has fastened the portals of all those magnificent palaces of linen-drapery. 1852 Illustr. London News 17 Jan. 50/3 Early-closing Movement in the Iron Trade. 2003 L. B. Paquet Urge to Splurge xiv. 240 Editors of women's magazines were some of the most outspoken proponents of the Early Closing Society. < as lemmas |
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