单词 | ganging system |
释义 | > as lemmasganging system 1. The combining of workers into gangs or companies. In later use frequently attributive, in ganging system. Cf. gang v.2 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > [noun] > organizing people into working unit ganging1843 man-management1921 1843 Rep. Special Assistant Poor Law Commissioners on Employm. Women & Children in Agric. 225 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 510) XII. 1 Owing to ganging, 70 out of 100 girls are very imprudent. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 May 2 The corrupting influences of ‘ganging’ are naturally worse where boys and girls are employed together. 1886 Good Words 27 42 If some other system could be devised, which should supersede ganging. 1910 Minutes Evid. Rep. Royal Comm. Poor Laws 129/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5066) XLVIII. 1 The general result of experience is that not only is ganging much easier, but the men do much more work if they get task work. 1936 Rep. Comm. on Farm Workers Scotl. in Parl. Papers (Cmd.5217) VII. 402 In potato and beet lifting there has been an extension of the ‘ganging’ system. 2000 W. A. Campbell in C. A. Russell Chem., Society & Environment iv. 86 In Lancashire the ganging system prevailed. A gaffer would negotiate a price with the firm and would provide and pay his own men, thus acting as a sub-contractor. < as lemmas |
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