单词 | factory shop |
释义 | > as lemmasfactory shop factory shop n. (a) a workshop where items are manufactured; (also) a workshop within a factory; (b) a shop, operated by a factory owner, which sells food, goods, etc., to the factory workers (now rare); (c) = factory outlet n. ΚΠ 1821 Aberdeen Jrnl. 1 Aug. There are several dwelling houses upon the Feu, besides Factory Shops, Office Houses, and a very good Garden. 1845 Dundee Courier 30 Sept. 1/3 If in some remote parts factory shops are still kept for the labourers, it is only done for the human purpose of rescuing the men from the extortion and imposition of the smaller shops. 1905 Quiver Jan. 589/2 The workmen cannot be compelled to buy their food at the factory shop, but it is sometimes made unpleasant for them if they do not. 1916 Industr. Educ. Mag. Mar. 534 The producing purpose of the factory shop must give way to the instruction purpose. 1973 G. Salvendy & W. D. Seymour Predict. & Developm. of Industr. Work Performance iv. 177 In a garment manufacturing firm the production of seconds was considerably reduced, but this gave the company no financial benefit because it had already been selling seconds in the factory shop at the same price as that paid by wholesalers for perfect goods. 2006 I. Gelbart Usurped 81 ‘Uncle’ secretly made gadgets out of tin in the factory shop and on weekends peddled them to the farmers in exchange for potatoes. 2010 Ideal Home May 197/2 Villeroy & Boch has a factory shop in Wandsworth that sells ceramics, glassware and cutlery from its past and current ranges, as well as factory seconds, at up to 60% less than in its usual stores. < as lemmas |
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